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From: Antioxidants from microalgae and their potential impact on human well-being

Table 1. Some antioxidant compounds produced by microalgae under oxidative stress [13, 20, 23]

Microalgae species	Antioxidant production	Stress factor
Arthrospira platensis (Cyan)	Ascorbic acid (AA)	pH alteration and nutrient limitation
	Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs)
	Polyphenols
Chlamydomonas acidophila (C)	Carotenoids	Light intensity
Chlorella sorokiniana (C)	Ascorbate peroxidase (APX)	Metal exposure
	Superoxide dismutase (SOD)
	Ascorbate (AsA)
	Proline
	Tocopherols
	MAAs	Ultraviolet-A (UV-A) and UV-B radiation and metal exposure
Chlorella vulgaris (C)	SOD	UV-B radiation and metal exposure
	AA	UV-B radiation and nutrient limitation
	Carotenoids	Temperature, UV-A and UV-B radiation
	Proline	Metal exposure
	Tocopherols	Nutrient limitation
Chlorococcum infusionum (as Chlorococcum humicola; C)	Peroxidase (POD)	Metal exposure
Coelastrella vacuolata (as Scenedesmus vacuolatus; C)	Catalase (CAT)	Metal exposure
	AA	UV-A and UV-B radiation
	MAAs	pH alteration and nutrient limitation
Diacronema viridis (as Pavlova viridis; Hap)	CAT	Metal exposure
	Glutathione POD (GPX)
	Glutathione (GSH)
Dunaliella salina (C)	SOD	UV-B radiation and metal exposure
	MAAs	UV-B radiation and metal exposure
	AA	UV-B radiation and nutrient limitation
Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bac)	AA	UV-B radiation and nutrient limitation
Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bac)	Tocopherols	Nutrient limitation
Tetraselmis suecica (C)	AA	UV-B radiation and nutrient limitation
Tetraselmis suecica (C)	Tocopherols	Nutrient limitation
Tetradesmus dimorphus (as Acutodesmus dimorphus; C)	CAT	pH alteration and nutrient limitation
	SOD	pH alteration and nutrient limitation
	Proline	Nutrient limitation and salinity
Tetradesmus lagerheimii (as Scenedesmus acuminatus; C)	APX	Metal exposure
	GPX
	POD
	Proline
	MAAs	UV-A and UV-B radiation and metal exposure
	Polyphenols	UV-A and UV-B radiation and metal exposure

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Bac: Bacillariophyceae; C: Chlorophyta; Cyan: Cyanophyceae; Hap: Haptophyta

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