Chlorophyll Extraction from Microalgae: A Review on the Process Engineering Aspects

Figure 1

Chemical structures of chlorophyll and its constituents, extracted from [2]. (a) porphyrin macrocycle. (b) phorbin. (c) chlorophyll 𝑎, chlorophyll 𝑏 is a variant with the methyl group in position 3 being replaced by a formyl group.

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