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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Unlocking the Functional and Nutritional Potential of Microalgae Proteins in Food Systems: A Narrative Review.

José A M Prates

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Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Microalgae Techno-Functional Properties in Bread, Cookies, and Pasta Products: A Review.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026
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  9. Exploring the Potential ofMicroorganisms · 2025
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  11. Microorganisms · 2025
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  12. Microalgae biotechnology and its role in sustainable and healthy food design.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

José A M PratesCIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1032-5987

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia LA/P/0059/2020Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/00276/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the global demand for sustainable, nutrient-rich protein sources intensifies, microalgae have emerged as a promising alternative due to their unique biochemical, environmental, and functional properties. This narrative review synthesises the nutritional value, protein composition, functional behaviour, processing technologies, and food applications of microalgae proteins. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, with keywords including "microalgae proteins", "nutritional value", "functional properties", and "alternative protein sources". Priority was given to peer-reviewed articles from the past decade that addressed nutritional quality, extraction methods, and food applications. Key species, Spirulina,

Indexed as

food applicationsfunctional propertiesmicroalgae proteinsnutritional evaluationprotein extraction

Identifiers

PMID40361607
PMCPMC12072163

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