ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY FROM METHANOTROPHIC BIOMASS

摘要

A natural antioxidant, Coenzyme Q8, is produced in methanotropic bacteria. However, current processing techniques for methanotrophic biomass leads to the oxidation of the natural antioxidant. The present methods process the dried methanotrophic biomass so that more of the reduced form (i.e. the form having antioxidant activity) is retained. The increased levels of reduced Coenzyme Q8 should increase the shelf life of animal feed produced from the methanotrophic biomass and may alleviate the need to supplement animal feed formations (i.e. fish feed) with additional antioxidants.