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Assessment of Antioxidant Contents and Free Radical-Scavenging Capacity of Chlorella vulgaris Cultivated in Low Cost Media

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dc.creator Mtaki, Kulwa
dc.creator Kyewalyanga, Margareth Serapio
dc.creator Mtolera, Matern S.P.
dc.date 2021-03-29T11:24:45Z
dc.date 2021-03-29T11:24:45Z
dc.date 2020-12
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T11:42:15Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-07T11:42:15Z
dc.identifier Mtaki, K., Kyewalyanga, M.S. and Mtolera, M.S.P. (2020). Assessment of Antioxidant contents and free radical-scavenging capacity of Chlorella vulgaris cultivated in low cost media. Applied Sciences, 2020, 10, 8611.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5559
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238611
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5559
dc.description The current study assessed antioxidants contents (total phenolics and total flavanoids, β-carotene and lycopene) present in Chlorella vulgaris (C. vulgaris) cultivated in low cost media and their free radical scavenging activities. Microalgae was cultured using Bold basal medium (BBM) as a control, 5% banana stem compost (BCM) and aquaculture wastewater supplemented with 1.0 g/L NPK (ANM). The free radical scavenging ability was analysed using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay. Cells grown on BCM resulted in higher (13.73 ± 0.121%) extraction yield than in other media. The phenolic (8.53 ± 0.10 mg/g GAE) and lycopene (0.29 ± 0.008 mg/g) content were highest in cells grown on BCM and BBM, respectively. Microalgae cultured in ANM displayed higher (547.023 ± 34.703 mg/g RE) flavanoid and β-carotene (2.887 ± 0.121 mg/g) content than in other media. Furthermore, cells cultivated in BCM showed highest (97.87 ± 0.088%) scavenging activity than in BBM. These results indicated that the BCM and ANM can be used as alternative to expensive synthetic media for antioxidant production in C. vulgaris.
dc.description Sida Sweden under the Marine Science Bilateral Programme
dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.subject antioxidants; low cost media; Chlorella vulgaris; microalgae
dc.title Assessment of Antioxidant Contents and Free Radical-Scavenging Capacity of Chlorella vulgaris Cultivated in Low Cost Media
dc.type Journal Article


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