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Food waste as nutrient source in heterotrophic microalgae cultivation

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Results of this study revealed the potential of food waste hydrolysate as culture medium and nutrient source in microalgae cultivation and grew well on the complex food waste Hydrolysate by utilizing the nutrients recovered.
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This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 272 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hydrolysate & Chlorella pyrenoidosa.

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Synergistic bioconversion of lipids and carotenoids from food waste by Dunaliella salina with fulvic acid via a two-stage cultivation strategy

TL;DR: In this article, the feasibility of using low-value food waste supplemented with fulvic acid in D. salina mixotrophic cultivation for lipid and carotenoid accumulation was examined.
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Valorisation of food waste using salt to alleviate inhibition by animal fats and vegetable oils during anaerobic digestion

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the feasibility of alleviating animal fats and vegetable oils (FO) inhibition using salt, the typical component of FO, instead of an extra chemical agent.
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Decentralized utilization of wasted organic material in urban areas: A case study in Hong Kong

TL;DR: In this article, a concept is presented that contributes to treatment and utilization of wasted organic material in a way to avoid environmental problems, exploit its potential and establish a recycling, and an example of waste utilization is given based on the organic waste stream generated by a common building in Hong Kong with 640 residents.
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The effect of nutrients and environmental conditions on biomass and oil production in Botryococcus braunii Race B strains

TL;DR: Optimization of nutrients and environmental conditions can increase biomass and oil production in the two strains of B. braunii.
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Global food losses and food waste: extent, causes and prevention.

TL;DR: The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology (SIK) as mentioned in this paper conducted two studies on global food losses, one for high/medium-income countries and one for low income countries, to serve as a basis for the international congress Save Food!, 16-17 May 2011, at the international packaging industry fair Interpack2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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A colorimetric method for the determination of sugars.

TL;DR: Preliminary experiments showed that the anthrone and the α-naphthol sulphonate reagents give good results with pure sugar solutions, but the presence of only traces of solvents such as butanol, phenol and propionic acid used in the chromatographic separation of the sugars rendered them useless.
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Importance of n−3 fatty acids in health and disease

TL;DR: The 38 articles in this supplement document the importance of n-3 fatty acids in both health and disease.
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