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- Title
Gamma Radiation as a Pretreatment for Co-extraction of Lipids and Astaxanthin in Haematococcus pluvialis.
- Authors
de Moraes, Laenne Barbara S.; Malafaia, Carolina Barbosa; da Silva, Túlio Diego; Mota, Géssica Cavalcanti P.; Marinho, Yllana Ferreira; de Albuquerque Melo, Ana M. M.; de Oliveira, Antônio F. Morais; de Macêdo Dantas, Danielli M.; Olivera Gálvez, Alfredo; de Souza Bezerra, Ranilson
- Abstract
The study aimed to apply gamma radiation as a cell pretreatment method for lipid extraction and for obtaining astaxanthin from residual biomass of Haematococcus pluvialis. Factor 1 of the two-factor experimental design was represented by cell pretreatment methods: biomass with chloroform:methanol under ultrasound (BCMU), biomass with chloroform:methanol under γ radiation (BCMR), dry biomass under γ radiation (DBR), and control (without pretreatment). Factor 2 considered the vegetative and cystic phases. Cultivation was performed in a mixotrophic system, and biomass was collected in both phases, centrifuged, lyophilized, and submitted to cell pretreatment and lipid extraction. Lipid content and FAMEs were evaluated comparing pretreatment methods and life cycle phases. Total lipid content was higher with the BCMR method in the vegetative (18% DW) and cystic (14% DW) phases. Gamma radiation combined with organic solvent was more efficient for increasing lipid yield, and DBR had a lipid yield similar to BCMU. FAME content differed between phases and pretreatments for most fatty acids, mainly C16:0, C16:1, C18:1n9c, C18:2n6c, C18:2n6t, and C18:3n3. The predominance of saturated or low unsaturated fatty acids makes H. pluvialis, in both phases, suitable for biofuel production. The preservation of astaxanthin from residual cystic biomass was observed when submitted to the DBR method, with a concentration similar to the raw biomass (1.5% DW). Gamma radiation in dry biomass has an antioxidant effect. Therefore, the lipid extraction method preceded by gamma irradiation was efficient for vegetative and cystic cells of H. pluvialis and contributed to the preservation of astaxanthin from residual cystic biomass.
- Subjects
ASTAXANTHIN; GAMMA rays; UNSATURATED fatty acids; ORGANIC solvents; LIFE cycles (Biology); LIPIDS; FATTY acids
- Publication
BioEnergy Research, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 3, p1841
- ISSN
1939-1234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12155-022-10531-0