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Table 4 Vitamins content of C. vulgaris biomass grown in different cultivation media

From: Supplementing wastewater with NPK fertilizer as a cheap source of nutrients in cultivating live food (Chlorella vulgaris)

Vitamins

Cultivation medium

 

BBM

AWW + 0.1 NPK

AWW + 0.5 NPK

AWW + 1.0 NPK

A (beta-carotene)

84.900 ± 1.375

57.500 ± 3.027

87.200 ± 1.931

89.500 ± 1.752

C (ascorbic acid)

6.533 ± 0.102

7.053 ± 0.072

9.190 ± 0.040

9.513 ± 0.012

B1 (thiamine)

1.830 ± 0.012

1.693 ± 0.018

1.786 ± 0.034

2.063 ± 0.048

B2 (riboflavin)

2.113 ± 0.067

2.053 ± 0.043

3.158 ± 0.040

3.536 ± 0.132

B3 (niacin)

16.673 ± 0.135

20.193 ± 0.043

21.056 ± 0.260

21.470 ± 0.667

B6 (pyridoxine)

0.414 ± 0.007

0.941 ± 0.010

0.984 ± 0.009

1.052 ± 0.006

B12 (cobalamin)

0.001 ± 0.000

0.001 ± 0.000

0.001 ± 0.000

0.002 ± 0.000