Effects of Rotten Vegetable-Based Low-Cost Media on the Growth and Morphology of an Astaxanthin-Producing Green Alga, Monoraphidium Littorale

Table 3

Proximate composition of rotten potato (% dry matter basis).

Variables	Composition (%)
Moisture	9.78
Crude protein	10.65
Crude lipid	9.20
Ash	15.75
Crude fiber	18.89
NFE	35.73

NFE, nitrogen free extract = 100 - (moisture + crude protein + crude lipids + ash + crude fiber) [22].