Encapsulation of lycopene in Chlorella pyrenoidosa : Loading properties and stability improvement

Aiming to improve the stability of lycopene and incorporate it into a complex nutraceutical, exogenous lycopene–loaded Chlorella pyrenoidosa cells (CPCs) were developed. The complex had an encapsulation yield of 13.06 ± 0.89% and an encapsulation efficiency of 96.31 ± 3.10%. Fluorescence analyses indicated that lycopene was encapsulated in the CPCs. X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetric analyses were...