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Microalgae, old sustainable food and fashion nutraceuticals

Microalgae have been used for centuries to provide nourishment to humans and animals, only very recently they have become much more widely cultured and harvested at large industrial scale. This paper reviews the potential health benefits and nutrition provided by microalgae whose benefits are contri...

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Autores principales: García, José L., de Vicente, Marta, Galán, Beatriz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28809450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12800
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author García, José L.
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description Microalgae have been used for centuries to provide nourishment to humans and animals, only very recently they have become much more widely cultured and harvested at large industrial scale. This paper reviews the potential health benefits and nutrition provided by microalgae whose benefits are contributing to expand their market. We also point out several key challenges that remain to be addressed in this field. [Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-56092562017-09-25 Microalgae, old sustainable food and fashion nutraceuticals García, José L. de Vicente, Marta Galán, Beatriz Microb Biotechnol SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Microalgae have been used for centuries to provide nourishment to humans and animals, only very recently they have become much more widely cultured and harvested at large industrial scale. This paper reviews the potential health benefits and nutrition provided by microalgae whose benefits are contributing to expand their market. We also point out several key challenges that remain to be addressed in this field. [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5609256/ /pubmed/28809450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12800 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Microalgae, old sustainable food and fashion nutraceuticals
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topic SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5609256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28809450
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