Table 1 Lipid (%, measured using the Bligh and Dyer method), carbohydrate (%, measured using anthrone reagent and glucose as standard), protein (%, measured using Bradford method and bovine serum albumin as standard), total phenolic content (TPC, expressed as gallic acid equivalent (mg/g GAE)) and total flavonoids content (TFC, expressed as quercetin (mg/g)) of microalgae crude extracts (MCEs)

^{23.7 a ± 0.99}

^{17 a ± 0.01}

^{9.6 a ± 0.05}

^{58.1 a ± 0.042}

^{24.5 b ± 0.01}

^{7.1 c ± 0.01}

^{13.6 d ± 0.01}

^{5.8 e ± 0.06}

^{44.83 a ± 0.04}

^{22.5 b ± 0.002}

^{14.7 c ± 0.02}

^{10.9 d ± 0.001}

^{5.9 e ± 0.001}

^{15.9 b ± 0.76}

^{16.9 a ± 0.01}

^{8.7 b ± 0.06}

^{44.3 a ± 0.032}

^{17.0 b ± 0.01}

^{0.8 c ± 0.001}

^{15.2 d ± 0.001}

^{7.1 e ± 0.06}

^{97.67 a ± 0.07}

^{25.7 b ± 0.003}

^{1.0 c ± 0.001}

^{15.5 d ± 0.01}

^{9.9 e ± 0.02}

^{30.38 c ± 0.92}

^{15.5 b ± 0.01}

^{6.9 c ± 0.07}

^{35.7 a ± 0.031}

^{59.4 b ± 0.02}

^{0.7 c ± 0.01}

^{17.4 d ± 0.001}

^{5.9 e ± 0.06}

^{55.84 a ± 0.062}

^{39.1 b ± 0.004}

^{13.8 c ± 0.06}

^{17.3 d ± 0.001}

^{2.2 e ± 0.02}