Thanks to the broken membrane of the bacterium, the amount of nutrients in the cell, such as lipids, proteins, pigments, etc., is increased. resorption in the human body.
The thick multi-layered cell wall of spirulina makes the extraction of biologically active substances one of the most difficult tasks and the most expensive part of the whole process.
Isolation of bioelements accumulated in algae cells into separate fractions according to biochemical composition is another difficult and expensive task.
The used methods of breaking down algae cells have one or another disadvantages:
- Mechanical – inconvenient, long-lasting, difficult to apply in large-scale production, and low efficiency, and some of them require a lot of energy and are expensive.
- Enzymatic/chemical – effective, but still extremely expensive. Chemical processes change the structure and properties of the protein, the result is that the primary protein of spirulina is broken down and the structure of active bioelements is changed.