SBIR Phase I: Innovative Recovery of Natural Beta-Carotene from the Marine Alga Dunaliella Salina

SBIR 第一阶段：从海洋藻类杜氏盐藻中创新回收天然 β-胡萝卜素

• 批准号: 0214798
• 负责人: Jeffrey Kanel
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: J. S. Kanel & Associates LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0214798&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Innovative; Recovery; Natural

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 Project is to investigate the technical feasibility for harvesting natural carotenoids from the marine algae, "Dunaliella salina". Due to the high capital and operating costs associated with existing technologies, the current price of natural beta-carotene is about twice that of the synthetic variety. By enabling the commercial production of natural beta-carotene at a costcloser to that of the synthetic product, this research is expected to lead to a significant growth of the "natural beta-carotene" market. The specific objective of the Phase I research is to determine the feasibility of a low-cost method to harvest the above mentioned marine algae from the growth medium and to extract the beta-carotene from this algae. The technology to be developed in this project could also be used to harvest and to purify other carotenoids from the algae. The commercial application of this project will be in the beta-carotene market. Beta-carotene is currently used for a wide range of applications : as a nutritional supplement, as an agent for food fortification, as an animal feed, and as a food colorant.

这个小型企业创新研究阶段的第1项目是为了调查从海洋藻类“ Dunaliella Salina”收集天然类胡萝卜素的技术可行性。由于与现有技术相关的高资本和运营成本，自然β-胡萝卜素的当前价格约为合成品种的两倍。通过在Costcloser的合成产品中启用自然β-胡萝卜素的商业生产，这项研究有望导致“天然β-胡萝卜素”市场的显着增长。 I期研究的具体目标是确定低成本方法从生长培养基中收集上述海洋藻类并从该藻类中提取β-胡萝卜素的可行性。该项目中要开发的技术也可用于从藻类那里收获和净化其他类胡萝卜素。 该项目的商业应用将在β-胡萝卜素市场。 β-胡萝卜素目前用于广泛的应用：作为营养补充剂，作为食物防御工具，作为动物饲料和食用色素。