CONTEXT It has been suggested that the consumption of natural "whole foods" rich in macronutrients has many healthful benefits for those who otherwise ingest a normal, nonvegetarian diet. One example is dietary supplements derived from Chlorella pyrenoidosa, a unicellular fresh water green alga rich in proteins, vitamins, and minerals. OBJECTIVE To find evidence of the potential of chlorella ...

The objective of this study was to investigate the modulatory effect of Chlorella vulgaris on cultured fibroblast cells derived from young and old aged individuals focusing on DNA damage, telomere length and telomerase activity. Dose-response test of the algal extract on cells in both age groups revealed that optimum viability was observed at a concentration of 50 microg/ml. Results obtained sh...

BACKGROUND Artemia (Crustacea, Anostraca), also known as brine shrimp, are typical inhabitants of extreme environments. These hypersaline environments vary considerably in their physicochemical composition, and even their climatic conditions and elevation. Several thalassohaline (marine) environments along the Colombian Caribbean coast were surveyed in order to contribute to the knowledge of br...

It has been found that the chemical composition of Chlorella pyrenoidosa varies over a wide range, depending on the environmental conditions selected for its growth. A description of the influence of different environmental factors on the composition of Chlorella has been given, and a method of calculating the approximate cell composition in terms of carbohydrate, protein, and lipide from the e...

The intracellular phosphorus and carbon metabolites in the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina adapted to different salinities were monitored in living cells by 31Pand "3C-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The 13C-NMR studies showed that the composition of the visible intracellular carbon metabolites other than glycerol is not signiflcantly affected by the salinity of the growth me...

Secondary metabolites from Bupleurum salicifolium were tested against viruses, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, the yeast Candida albicans, the nematodes Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis, the insect Spodoptera littoralis and the crustacean Artemia salina. These compounds were also tested against tumoral and non-tumoral cell lines. The polyacetylene 8S-heptadeca-2(Z)-9(Z)-diene-4,...

Nitrate is the predominant form of inorganic nitrogen utilized by higher plants, fungi and algae and its assimilation forms the major pathway for production of biologically useful nitrogen. Chlorella is a unicellular eukaryotic green alga, which offers a potentially useful system for the expression of hetrologous proteins. In the present study the microalgal samples were isolated from stagnant ...

Two experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of synthetic and natural carotenoids on the daily output of eggs and some parameters of their quality. The hens were fed a control diet and diets supplemented with synthetic carotenoids Carophyll Red and Carophyll Yellow, lutein, algae Chlorella, and mustard meal. Carotenoids had no effect on hen-day egg production. Both synthetic and natura...

Shenbaga Devi, A., P. Santhanam, V. Rekha, S. Ananth, B. Balaji Prasath, R. Nandakumar, S. Jeyanthi and S. Dinesh Kumar Culture and biofuel producing efficacy of marine microalgae Dunaliella salina and Nannochloropsis sp. J. Algal Biomass Utln. 2012, 3 (4): 38–4 Abstract Biodiesel from oil crops, waste cooking oil and animal fat cannot realistically satisfy even a small fraction of the existing...