Chemical Science & Engineering Research
Title
First Record for Cultivation of Asparagopsis Taxiformis Red Macroalga using Tissue Culture Technique
Authors
Emad A. Shalaby*a and Sanaa M. M. Shanabb
aDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt.
bDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt.
*Corresponding author E-mail address: dremad2009@yahoo.com (Emad A. Shalaby)
Article History
Publication details: Received: 29th September 2021; Revised: 27th October 2021; Accepted: 28th October 2021; Published: 16th November 2021
Cite this article
Shalaby E. A.; Sanaa Shanab. First Record for Cultivation of Asparagopsis Taxiformis Red Macroalga using Tissue Culture Technique. Chem. Sci. Eng. Res., 2021, 3(8), 39-42.
Abstract
The discovering, development and enhancement of new biological activities agents with diverse kinds of antioxidant actions is required. The search for new active ingredients agents focuses on not only synthetic compounds but also natural products such as algae, the aim of the current work was to evaluate the potential use of red macroalga Asparagopsis taxiformis as a new source of antioxidant and biologically active compounds by cultivation it using tissue culture technique. The obtained preliminary results gave indicators for success cultivation of Asparagopsis algae using tissue culture method with production of antioxidant compounds especially with ethyl acetate extract when compared with extract from the raw cells. Also, there are great variation in total lipid contents and its composition from fatty acids and hydrocarbons list in both raw alga and callus.
Keywords
Asparagopsis Taxiformis; Tissue Culture; Active Ingredients; Antioxidant Activity
