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. 2014 Sep 15;8(2):190–209. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12167

Table 5.

Extraction of natural pigments in microalgae species

Species Product Extraction/Purification method Yield/Extraction efficiency Reference
Chlorococcum sp. Astaxanthin Solvent system with methanol (75%) and dichloromethane (25%). French Pressure Cell (110 MPa). Solution filtration (0.45 μm). Saponification in darkness (50 mg NaOH in 100 ml methanol). 7.09 mg/g DW Ma and Chen (2001)
Haematococcus pluvialis Astaxanthin Acid digestion, HCL 2N, 70°C. Acetone extraction for 1 h 87% efficiency Sarada and colleagues (2006)
Dodecane mixing for 48 h. Saponification with methanolic NaOH (0.02M). Sedimentation in darkness at 4°C, 12 h. 85% efficiency Kang and Sim (2007)
SC-CO2 at 55 MPa and 343°K. 77.9% efficiency Machmudah and colleagues (2006)
Hexane : acetone : ethyl alcohol (100:70:70 %v/v). N/A Domínguez-Bocanegra and colleagues (2004)
DMSO (55°C), vortex 30 s N/A Orosa and colleagues (2005)
SC-CO2 at at 20 MPa, 60°C, 2 ml of ethanol for 1 h of extraction time 2.45 mg/g DW Fujii (2012)
SC-CO2 at 20 MPa, 55°C and13% (w/w) ethanol for 120 min of extraction time. 83% recovery Reyes and colleagues (2014)
CO2 expanded ethanol (50% %w/w ethanol), 7 MPa, 45°C, 120 min of extraction time. 124.2% recovery
Synechococcus 833 Allophycocyanin Incubation of sample for 2 h at 37°C, nitrogen cavitation cycles at 1500 psi for 10 min, centrifugation for 40 min at 18 000 rpm to remove cell debris. 85.2–87.9% DW Viskari and Colyer (1999)
C-phycocyanin
Phycoerythrin
Limnothrix sp. C-phycocyanin Distilled water, activated carbon (1% w/v) and chitosan (0.01 g/L) for extraction. Ammonium sulfate (25%) was used for purification at 4°C, overnight. Precipitate was resuspended in 0.1 M PBS (pH 7.0) and tangential flow filtration system (30 kDa membrane pore) was used for pigment concentration. 18% DW Gantar and colleagues (2012)
Spirulina platensis C-phycocyanin 0.1 M PBS at pH of 6.8 and sonication at 28 KHz for extraction. Ultracentrifugation at 200 000 × g for purification 90% purity Furuki and colleagues (2003)
Allophycocyanin C-phycocyanin 100 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) at a ratio of 1:100 (w/v) with continuous stirring at 300 rpm at room temperature for 4 h. N/A Chaiklahan and colleagues (2012)
Leptolyngbya sp. KC45 Phycoerythrin Ammonium sulfate at 85% saturation. Purification by three consecutive chromatographic steps; hydroxyapatite column eluted with 100 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7) 0.2 M of NaCl, a Q-sepharose column and a Sephacryl S-200 HR resin. A565/A280 = 17.3 Pumas and colleagues (2012)
1.36% yield
Porphyridium cruentum Phycoerythrin Homogenization in 1 M acetic acid–sodium acetate buffer sonication for 10 min, ammonium sulfate precipitation (65% saturation) and dialysis, followed by ion exchange chromatography. 32.7% DW Bermejo Román and colleagues (2002)
Cell maceration with glass beads, simultaneous recovery and purification with a PEG-phosphate ATPS. A565/A280 = 2.8 Benavides and Rito-Palomares (2006)
76% recovery
Phormidium sp. A27DM Phycoerythrin Freeze-thaw cycles (− 30oC and 4oC) in 1 M Tris Cl Buffer, two-step ammonium sulfate precipitation at 20% and 70% saturation and purification by gel permeation chromatography with a Sephadex G-150 matrix. A565/A280 = 3.9 Parmar and colleagues (2011)
62.6% yield

DW, dry weight.