Research Article

Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Crude Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains

Table 1

Microalgae and cyanobacteria strains assayed, indicating origin and culture medium for biomass production.

BEA codeStrainClassCulture mediumGeographical origin

BEA 0016BArthrospira platensisCyanophyceaeZarroukChad, Lake Chad
BEA 0024BNostoc communeCyanophyceaeBG-11Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. On a trunk of Phoenix canariensis
BEA 0661BLeptolyngbya protospiraCyanophyceaeBG-11Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. Güigüí Ravine
BEA 0762BPhormidiochaete sp.CyanophyceaeBG-11Spain, Galicia, Ourense. Las Burgas
BEA 0854BNodularia spumigenaCyanophyceaeBG-11Spain, Vizcaya, Vitoria. Añana saltworks
BEA 1052BNostoc sp.CyanophyceaeBG-11Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. Tirajana, Hondo ravine
BEA 0149BCaespitella pascheriChlorophyceaeBBMSpain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. Guayadeque ravine
BEA 0536BAnkistrodesmus sp.ChlorophyceaeBG-11Spain, Canary Islands, La Gomera. Las Rosas reservoir
BEA 0937BEuglena cantabricaEuglenophyceaeBBMSpain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. Charca de Maspalomas
BEA 0666BSpirogyra sp.ZygnematophyceaeBG-11Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria. Azuaje ravine.

A second biomass sample of BEA 0016B (AA) Arthrospira platensis was obtained from a modified Zarrouk culture medium enriched with urea.
BBM: Bold’s basal medium including vitamins.