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Table 2 Vitamin C content in microalgae

From: Challenging microalgal vitamins for human health

Phylum/class

Genus

Vitamin C

Refs

Cyanobacteria

Anabaena

2.00

[72]

Chlorophyta

Chlamydomonas

2.00

[72]

Chlorella

0.10–15

[72, 74, 75]

Dunaliella

0.16–2.2

[74, 76, 83]

Nannochloris

5.24

[83]

Scenedesmus

2.00

[72]

Stichococcus

2.50

[77]

Tetraselmis

0.19–3

[74, 77, 78]

Bacillariophyceae

Chaetoceros

0.12–18.79

[78, 83]

Skeletonema

0.06–6.7

[13, 78, 83]

Thalassiosira

1.79

[83]

Haptophyta

Isochrysis galbana

0.12–4.45

[74, 78, 83]

Pavlova lutheri

0.84–1.3

[77, 78, 83]

Eustigmatophyceae

Nannochloropsis

2.50–6.04

[77, 83]

Ochromonadaceae

Chroomonas

2.13

[83]

Euglenozoa

Euglena gracilis

1.82

[79]

  1. Values are expressed as mg/g DW of ascorbic acid