A Saponification Method for Chlorophyll Removal from Microalgae Biomass as Oil Feedstock

Microalgae oil is an optimal feedstock for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and biodiesel production, but its high levels of chlorophyll limit its large-scale application. To date, few effective approaches have been developed to remove chlorophyll from microalgae oil. The main purpose of this study was...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tao Li, Jin Xu, Hualian Wu, Guanghua Wang, Shikun Dai, Jiewei Fan, Hui He, Wenzhou Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/14/9/162