Algal Proteins: Extraction, Application, and Challenges Concerning Production
By S. Bleakley, M. Hayes. Foods, 2017
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Population growth combined with increasingly limited resources of arable land and fresh water has resulted in a need for alternative protein sources. Macroalgae (seaweed) and microalgae are examples of under-exploited “crops”. Algae do not compete with traditional food crops for space and resources. This review details the characteristics of commonly consumed algae, as well as their potential for use as a protein source based on their protein quality, amino acid composition, and digestibility. Protein extraction methods applied to algae to date, including enzymatic hydrolysis, physical processes, and chemical extraction and novel methods such as ultrasound-assisted extraction, pulsed electric field, and microwave-assisted extraction are discussed. Moreover, existing protein enrichment methods used in the dairy industry and the potential of these methods to generate high value ingredients from algae, such as bioactive peptides and functional ingredients are discussed. Applications of algae in human nutrition, animal feed, and aquaculture are examined.
Subfields: Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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Citations in the corpus
- Fatty acids of microalgae: diversity and applications (2021, background): “…can be represented by domestic and industrial wastewater (Pittman et al. 2011; Kamyab et al. 2016; Sharma et al. 2020), the most complete extraction of all valuable bioproducts (Bai et al. 2011; Santoro et al. 2019), including cascade bioprocessing of microalgal biomass (Bleakley and Hayes 2017).”
- Enzyme-assisted extraction of proteins from the seaweeds Macrocystis pyrifera and Chondracanthus chamissoi: characterization of the extracts and their bioactive potential (2019, methodology): “Novel protein extraction methods include ultrasound-assisted extraction, pulsed electric field, and microwave-assisted extraction (Bleakley and Hayes 2017).”
- Seaweed resources in India – current status of diversity and cultivation: prospects and challenges (2019, background): “Ulva lactuca has been found to possess a high protein content comparable to traditional high protein plant sources, justifying its direct use in human or animal nutrition (Fleurence 1999, Bleakley and Hayes 2017).”