Extraction of natural pigments from marine macroalgae waste

The need to replace synthetic pigments and the richness of marine macroalgae in natural pigments make their study relevant as a source of such valuable compounds. In the present study, marine macroalgae waste collected at a Northern Portugal beach was used aiming pigments extraction. Saccorhiza polyschides (brown algae) was the most abundant specie. The biomass (freeze-dried and ground to <1 mm) was subjected to pigments extraction using six different solvents and their amounts were evaluated...