Microalgae squalene

Lu, H.T., Jiang, Y., and Chen, F., Preparative separation and purification of squalene from the microalga Thraustochytrium ATCC 26185 by high-speed counter-current chromatography, J. Chromatogr. A., 994, 37-43, 2003. 

The green microalga B. braunii grows as colonies of individual cells held together by a colony matrix that contains a large mixture of liquid hydrocarbons. B. braunii is further classified into four races namely races A, B, L, and S, depending on the type of hydrocarbons synthesized. The B race produces triterpenoid hydrocarbons, squalene (Figure 2.7) and botryococcene, both of which are putative condensation products of farnesyl diphosphate as the major matrix components. ... 

Okada S, DevareimeTP, Chappell J. Molecular characterization of squalene synthase from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii. Race B. Archives Biochem Biophysics 2000 373 307. 

Jiang Y, Fan KW, Wong RTY, Chen F. Fatty acid composition and squalene content of the marine microalga Schizochytrium mangrovei. Lipid Technol 2011 23 270-3. 

In this regard, ethyl lactate is being studied as exlraetion solvent of food compounds. Several reported potential applications are related with the exlraetion of earotenoids fi om different plant matrix, " with extraetion of eaffeine from green eoffee beans and green tea leaves, the fractionation of edible oil eompounds (squalene and toeopherol ), the extraction of sclareol fi om the leaves of Salvia sclarea Lamiaeeae, the extraetion of y-linolenic acid from Spirulina microalgae the extraction of phytosterols fi om eom fiber and the extraetion of the essential oil from different speeies of thyme. ... 

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