Method for inducing the synthesis of phycobiliproteins.
AssigneeAlgobiotech
InventorsHatem BEN OUADA, Jihene AMMAR
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparation of a biomass of photosynthetic microalgae having a phycobiliprotein content equal to at least 20% of the dry weight of said biomass. The present invention also relates to a biomass enriched with phycobiliproteins and the use thereof as a food supplement or ingredient for nutraceutical and cosmetic preparations.
Claims22
A method for preparing a biomass of photosynthetic microaigae, having a content of phycobiliproteins at least equal to 20% of the dry weight of said biomass, comprising inducing the synthesis of phycobiliproteins in a biomass, the growth of which is blocked.
The method as claimed in 1, in which the photosynthetic microalgae are chosen from one of cyanobacteria, rhodophytes and cryptophytes.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which the photosynthetic microalga is chosen from Rhodophyceae, Cryptophyceae and cyanobacteria.
A cosmetic, dermatological, or nutraceutical composition or a composition intended as a food supplement, prepared from a biomass of photosynthetic microalgae having a content of phycobiliproteins at least equal to 20% of the dry weight of said biomass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.