Türk Bilimsel Derlemeler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Hilal KARGIN YILMAZ, Mahitap Duygu DURU

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Spirulina platensis,Food chemistry,Microbiology

Özet: Microalgae are important organisms because of their different chemical structure and production capability of biological compounds. S. platensis is a planktonic organism which is intensely cultured and easily harvested in water bodies that characterised with high pH levels. In addition, S. platensis is a microalga has commercial importance because of its high protein, gammalinolenic acid, B12 and low fat ratio. Spirulina is an interest focus for reason of pharmacological properties besides food properties.Scientists and microalgae producers have been trying to find out positive effects of microalgae on human health. Antiviral,anticancer, antidiabetic, antibiotic, antioxidant, probiotic, hypocholesterolemic, antiallergic and cardiovascular prophylactic effects of Spirulina have determined in these researches and it has exposed that reason of these positive effects are Spirulina’s high bioactive material contents. It has reported that, Spirulina organise functions of digestive system by means of increasing lactobacillus in intestinal canal. Microbial pollutions may occur during production and processing phases of Spirulina because of wrong practises. Coliform had been rarely found in analyses of Spirulina samples from modern commercial farms.Because, S.platensis has have a high level capability for Cr fixing, Cr and a lot of metal ion causing heavy metal pollution can fixed and eliminate by means of production of S.platensis in ponds where waste water of leather industry has kept.

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