Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production
With the continuous increase of global population, energy and hunger are the critical crisis that humankind facing in this century. Microalgae has been proposed as the solution due to the presence of the various metabolite and their attractive features. This review summaries the potential of microal...
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| description | With the continuous increase of global population, energy and hunger are the critical crisis that humankind facing in this century. Microalgae has been proposed as the solution due to the presence of the various metabolite and their attractive features. This review summaries the potential of microalgae as the feedstock for biofuel and food production. The literature indicated that the abundance of suitable fatty acid in microalgae can be used for biodiesel production while other bio-components such as carbohydrate can be used for biogas and bioethanol production. Apart from biofuel production, presence of high-quality protein, fatty acid, polysaccharides, vitamin, minerals and other bio-components with benefit biological properties in microalgae spur it as dedicated candidates for food production. However, the microalgae derived biofuel and food are still not available at the moment. The challenges that might need to be confront prior to industrial production are also briefly discussed in this review. |
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| spelling | intimal-16792025-07-24T02:07:39Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1679/ Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production Tan, Yeong Hwang Chai, Mee Kin Wong, Ling Shing Q Science (General) QK Botany TP Chemical technology With the continuous increase of global population, energy and hunger are the critical crisis that humankind facing in this century. Microalgae has been proposed as the solution due to the presence of the various metabolite and their attractive features. This review summaries the potential of microalgae as the feedstock for biofuel and food production. The literature indicated that the abundance of suitable fatty acid in microalgae can be used for biodiesel production while other bio-components such as carbohydrate can be used for biogas and bioethanol production. Apart from biofuel production, presence of high-quality protein, fatty acid, polysaccharides, vitamin, minerals and other bio-components with benefit biological properties in microalgae spur it as dedicated candidates for food production. However, the microalgae derived biofuel and food are still not available at the moment. The challenges that might need to be confront prior to industrial production are also briefly discussed in this review. INTI International University 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1679/1/175 text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1679/2/ij2022_37r.pdf Tan, Yeong Hwang and Chai, Mee Kin and Wong, Ling Shing (2022) Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production. INTI JOURNAL, 2022 (37). pp. 1-11. ISSN e2600-7320 https://intijournal.intimal.edu.my/intijournal.htm |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) QK Botany TP Chemical technology Tan, Yeong Hwang Chai, Mee Kin Wong, Ling Shing Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title | Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title_full | Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title_fullStr | Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title_short | Potential of Microalgae for Biofuel and Food Production |
| title_sort | potential of microalgae for biofuel and food production |
| topic | Q Science (General) QK Botany TP Chemical technology |
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