Department. of Food Technology, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun-248007, India
Department of Chemistry, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun-248007, India
The present review addresses the versatile industrial applications of unicellular photosynthetic microalgae which play a pivotal role in the field of petrochemical, biopharmaceutical, and nutraceutical, cosmetics and food industries. They can be used for third generation biofuels production as they are renewable source of energy and better alternative to living fossil fuels. Besides, they also decipher significant potential as value added products such as bioactive medicinal products, and food ingredients, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, pigments, carotenoids, antioxidants, (poly un saturated fatty acids) and biofuels. Thus, they are paving considerable attention throughout the world.