Volatile Compounds of the Cyanophyceae – A Review

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P Slater ◽  
Vivian C Blok
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Green Algal

A relationship between blue-green algae and off-flavours in water was reported as early as 1883. Continuing research has shown that two metabolites, geosmin and methylisoborneol are major contributors to unpalatable flavours in water and aquatic organisms. Many instances of the co-occurrence of these two compounds and dense blooms of blue-green algae have been recorded. Cultures of Anabaena, Lyngbya, Osciiiatoria, and Sympioca species have been shown to produce geosmin or methylisoborneol while blooms of Aphanizomenon, Anabaena, Microcystis, Oscillatoria, and Gomphosphaeria have been found in water containing geosmin or the odour of this compound. Actinomycetes have also been shown to produce these two compounds. In addition to geosmin and methylisoborneol, there is evidence that several other blue-green algal metabolites contribute to aquatic taste and odour problems. Among them is β-cyclocitral which has a distinctive tobacco flavour. Blue-green algae produce a variety of organic compounds including hydrocarbons, fatty acids, aromatics, ketones, terpenoids, amines and Sulfides which could contribute to the over-all flavour of water and aquatic organisms.

scholarly journals PHARMACEUTICAL POTENTIAL OF LABORATORY GROWN CULTURES OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-571
Author(s):  
Ritu Chauhan ◽  
◽  
Abhishek Chauhan ◽  
Ashutosh Tripathi ◽  
Anuj Ranjan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Primary And Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Algal Group ◽  
Diverse Application

COVID-19 pandemic has taught the world researchers the urgent need for new sources and novel pharmaceuticals not only for existing diseases but also for both seasonal epidemics and future pandemics. Pharmaceutical drug discoveries for the past fifty years depended deeply on the procedure of empirical transmission of a huge number of pure bioactive compounds to provide new leads. The screening of extracts or isolating compounds is a common way to discover novel biologically active molecules. Most of the valuable Blue-Green algal metabolites are concentrated in their biomass. For existence in nature, Blue-Green algae (BGA) secrete and contain various organic substances like proteins, fatty acids, vitamins, pigments, primary and secondary metabolites, and these compounds are explored for potential biological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral (including the anti-SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19), anticancer, antioxidant, antidiabetic, protease inhibitory activity, anti-inflammatory activity, etc. Due to their diverse application, pharmaceutical companies have shown commercial interest in the Blue-green algal group for the discovery and development of novel molecules to combat deadly diseases for the benefit of society and mankind. The current review paper highlights and discusses the diverse pharmaceutical potential of laboratory-grown cultures of BGA along with comprehensive and current knowledge on bioactive compounds discovered by researchers globally.

Heterotrophic potential of Phormidium and other blue-green algae

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 2369-2374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Phaeodactylum Tricornutum ◽  
Metabolic Inhibitors ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Free Sample ◽  
Uptake Rates ◽  
Axenic Cultures ◽  
Marine Algal ◽  
Olive Green

Several algal types were tested for the ability to assimilate a variety of organic compounds including glucose, sucrose, glycerol, acetate, and a variety of amino acids. Axenic cultures of Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Cricosphaera sp., and Dunaliella tertiolecta failed to take up any of the compounds tested. Axenic cultures of the filamentous blue-green algae Phormidium sp. and Lyngbya sp. took up all of the test substrates, as did the "olive-green cells" (a non-bacteria-free sample of marine algal cells described as olive-green cells by other workers). The results of experiments to determine uptake rates over the range 10−7 to 10−3 molar substrate, rates of uptake at 18, 24, and 32C, and rates of uptake in the presence of the metabolic inhibitors dinitrophenol (DNP) and carbanyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) indicated that uptake of the organic compounds tested by the filamentous blue-green algae tested is not by an active transport mechanism.

Blue-green Algal Ammonia Uptake in Hypertrophic Prairie Lakes

1981 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1040-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. Murphy ◽  
B. G. Brownlee
Keyword(s):  
Microcystis Aeruginosa ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Nitrogen Cycle ◽  
Nitrogen Limitation ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Ammonia Uptake ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Prairie Lakes ◽  
Menten Kinetic

Within 24 h of an increase in lake [Formula: see text] concentration, [Formula: see text] uptake by Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and Microcystis aeruginosa increases much beyond the capacity predicted by Michaelis–Menten kinetic studies. In hypertrophic lakes this response enables these blue-green algae to optimize ammonia uptake during large oscillations of [Formula: see text] concentration, to aid them in competing with other algae, and to conserve [Formula: see text] within the ecosystem. Nitrogen limitation in the hypertrophic prairie lakes is a rare event.Key words: ammonia uptake, prairie lakes, nitrogen limitation, nitrogen cycle

scholarly journals USE OF WATER CATHOLYTES TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD

2021 ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
Svitlana Vasylyuk ◽  
Yurii Myagchenko ◽  
Andrii Brytan
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Environmental Load ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Ordinary Water

For washing use substances that give water "alkaline" properties and definitely increase the pH and reduce the surface tension, specifically they increase the extraction of pollutants from tissues. Surfactants in these solutions, which enter the environment after washing, promote to the growth of blue-green algae. This leads to decrease in oxygen in water, which is necessary for aquatic organisms (fish, amphibians, etc.). We propose to find methods and devices that reduce the use of surfactants for washing by attracting catholytes instead of ordinary water.

scholarly journals Volatile Organic Compounds of Kaffir Lime (Citrus hystrix DC.) Leaves Fractions and their Potency as Traditional Medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1235-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Dilla Dertyasasa ◽  
Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Ethyl Acetate ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Fatty Alcohols ◽  
Crude Extracts ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Long Chain

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have reported that a number of organic compounds are present in kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix DC.) leaf extracts. Further research is needed to purify these compounds and determine which are biologically active. The objective of this study is to identify the volatile organic compounds of kaffir lime leaf crude extracts and fractions and to study their bioactivity. Fractionation was performed by the double maceration method, using hexane as the second solvent. TLC was performed to analyze the qualitative separation, whereas the individual constituents were detected using GC-MS. Our results showed that chloroform and ethyl acetate crude extracts contained various volatile organic compounds such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, prenol lipids, sterol lipids, terpenoids and long chain alkanes. Fractionation separated these compounds into non-hexane fractions, which contained less volatile compounds, and hexane fractions. The volatile compounds of non-hexane fractions were identified to be long chain alkanes, meanwhile the hexane fractions contained terpenoids, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, prenol lipids and sterol lipids. Palmitic acid and terpenoids, such as citronellyl propionate, nerolidol, citronella and caryophyllene oxide were found to be the most dominant bioactive compounds in chloroform and ethyl acetate crude extract and their hexane fractions, which were reported to possess cytotoxicity against cancer cells. Meanwhile in non-hexane fractions, long chain alkanes such as triacontane and hentriacontane were found to be the most dominant bioactive compound which also possessed cytotoxic effect. In conclusion, fractionation using the double maceration method yielded different volatile organic compounds composition with different biological activities. The crude extracts and fractions of kaffir lime leaves were potential to be developed as a traditional medicine for cancer treatment.

Differential temperature sensitivity of two cladoceran species to resource variation during a blue-green algal bloom

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1739-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T. Threlkeld
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Algal Bloom ◽  
Zooplankton Community Structure ◽  
Lake Texoma ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
First Reproduction

The sensitivity of life-table parameters of two cladoceran zooplankton to slight, natural variations in temperature was determined during the onset of a midsummer blue-green algal bloom in a large turbid reservoir (Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, Texas). Prior to the onset of blue-green algae, cohorts of Ceriodaphnia lacustris incubated at ambient epilimnion temperatures (27–30 °C) had higher individual somatic and population growth rates, an earlier age at first reproduction, and shorter life-spans than cohorts incubated at a constant 25 °C. As blue-green algae became abundant, Ceriodaphnia growth rates were reduced more dramatically at ambient temperatures than at 25 °C, suggesting that a temperature–resource interaction was important to determination of somatic growth rate, age of first reproduction, and population growth rate. Ceriodaphnia populations declined in Lake Texoma as blue-green algae became abundant. Diaphanosoma leuchtenbergianum, which was abundant throughout the period of blue-green algal dominance, did not show the temperature–resource interaction found for Ceriodaphnia. Temperature–resource interactions have been hypothesized to determine seasonal change in zooplankton community structure; this study provides experimental evidence of demographic consequences in natural populations of one kind of common temperature–resource interaction.

A Comparison of the Use of Azolla and Blue-green Algal Bio-fertilizers with Green Manuring, Organic Manuring and Urea in Transplanted and Direct-seeded Rice

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Singh ◽  
P. K. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Rice Field ◽  
Nitrogen Sources ◽  
Poor Response ◽  
Rice Crop ◽  
Green Manuring ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
Green Algal ◽  
Direct Seeded

SUMMARYAzolla and blue-green algae (BGA) inoculated in a rice field produced a higher biomass and fixed more nitrogen in transplanted than in direct-seeded rice. Application of Azolla, BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop. The growing and incorporating of three Azolla crops with the rice crop produced more grain than the use of other nitrogen sources but the rice crops showed a poor response to inoculation with BGA. The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania or the use of two crops of Azolla after transplanting was similar to that of a crop receiving 60 kg N ha−1 as urea, but smaller yields resulted from the use of composts of Azolla and Eichhornia.

Blue-green algae of a developing salt marsh

1963 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. D. P. Stewart ◽  
G. J. F. Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Algal Flora ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
Blue Green Algae ◽  
The Past ◽  
Green Algal

In the past few years considerable attention has been paid to the distribution of the microflora of the salt marshes at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire (National Grid reference TF 555576). During these studies it was observed (Turner, personal communication) that blue-green algae (Myxophyceae) were of frequent occurrence in soil samples from the region, but no analyses of the algal flora were carried out. It is well established, however, that blue-green algae are generally present in salt marsh regions (Chapman, 1960 a). Previous studies on the blue-green algae of British salt marshes are few, although detailed investigations have been carried out at Canvey and Ynyslas (Carter, 1932, 1933 a, b) and Scolt Head Island (Chapman, 1939). Some difficulty is experienced, however, in attempting to correlate these results with present day studies, mainly because of the widespread colonization of salt marsh regions within recent years by Spartina townsendii H. & J. Groves, and by the fact that few quantitative data are available. It is hoped that the present communication which is concerned with the blue-green algal flora of the New Marsh at Gibraltar Point, a region dominated by Spartina townsendii, will allow an assessment to be made of the flora prevailing in a developing salt marsh under present-day conditions.

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