Table 3.
List of commercialized strain, industry application, companies, and the countries involved.
| Biomass | Extracted Component |
Isolation/Extraction Method | Application in Industry | Company | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirulina platensis | Algae protein; Biomass | Enzymatic hydrolysis, Physical processes, Chemical extraction, Ultrasound-assisted extraction, Pulsed electric field, and Microwave-assisted extraction | Health supplement, Health food, Infant formula | Saxony-Anhalt (Germany); Parry Nutraceuticals (India); Japan Spirulina Co., Ltd. (Japan); Siam Alga Co., Ltd. (Thailand) |
[3,64,65] |
| Spirulina platensis | Vitamin 12 | Water extraction method | Health supplement | Myanmar Spirulina Factory (Myanmar) | [65,66] |
|
Chlorella vulgaris Chorella sp. |
Biomass, pigments | Microwave-assisted extraction | Health food, food supplement | Nikken Sohonsha Corp. (Japan); Chlorella manufacturing and Co. (Taiwan); Klötze (Germany); Ocean Nutrition (Canada) |
[3,65] |
| Haematococcus pluvialis | Astaxanthin | Mechanical treatments, chemical treatments using solvents, pressurized extraction, ultrasounds and microwaves | Food supplement, bio-colorant | Algae Health Science (China); Cyanotech Corporation (USA); Aquasearch Algatechnologies (Israel) |
[65,67,68,69,70] |
| Dunaliella salina | Beta-carotene | Solvent extraction; Microwave- assisted extraction | Health food, Dietary supplement, bio-colourant | Cyanotech (USA); Earthrise Nutritionals (USA); Nature Beta Technologies Cognis (Israel); Betadene (Australia); Nature Beta Technologies Cognis (Australia) |
[65,71] |
| Spirulina platensis | Phycocyanin | Microwave-assisted extraction | Bio-colourant, Health supplement | Panmol/Madaus (Austria); Yunnan Green A Biological Project Co., Ltd. (China). |
[65] |
| Ulkenia sp. | DHA | Solvent extraction and microwave | Dietary supplement; | Nutrinova (Germany) | [3] |
| Schizochytrium sp. | DHA | Cellular hydrolysis | Dietary supplement; Health food | OmegaTech (USA) | [3] |
| Crypthecodinium cohnii | DHA | Microwave | Infant formula | Martek (USA) | [72] |
| Nannochloropsis oculata | Omega-3 PUFA | Solvent extraction; Microwave |
Omega-3 supplements | Qualitas (USA); Cleanalgae SL (Spain); Astaxa (Germany) |
[73,74] |
| Porphyridium spp. | Polysaccharides | Ultrafiltration | Food additives, Nutrition |
InnovalG (France) | [65,75,76] |
| Euglena gracilis | Biomass | Flocculation | Health food | Euglena (Japan) | [77] |
| Odontella aurita | Fatty acids | Health supplement | InnovalG (France) | [65] |