Manipulation of environmental stress towards lutein production in chlorella fusca cell culture

• Main Authors: Othman, Rashidi, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Abu Bakar, Ainaa Eliah, Noh, Nur Hidayah, Ahmad Fadzillah, Nurrulhidayah, Mahmad, Noraini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SET Publisher 2019
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; SH389 Fisheries-Algae and Algae Culture; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/75077/1/75077_Manipulation%20of%20Environmental%20Stress.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/75077/; http://setpublisher.com/downloads/jpansv9n5a3/; https://doi.org/10.29169/1927-5951.2019.09.05.3
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

All carotenoids originate from a single, common precursor, phytoene. The colour of carotenoids is determined by desaturation, isomerization, cyclization, hydroxylation and epoxidation of the 40-carbon phytoene. The conjugated double-bond structure and nature of end ring groups confer on the caroten...