Wet Extraction of Lipids and Astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis by Liquefied Dimethyl Ether

Panatpong Boonnoun^1,2, Yuko Kurita¹, Yuichi Kamo¹, Wahyudiono¹, Siti Machmudah^1,3, Yuji Okita⁴, Eiji Ohashi⁴, Hideki Kanda^1,5* and Motonobu Goto¹

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, E-mail: kanda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp

²Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand, E-mail: kanda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp

³Department of Chemical Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia, E-mail: kanda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp

⁴Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0991, Japan, E-mail: kanda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp

⁵Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan, E-mail: kanda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp

^*Corresponding Author: Hideki Kanda, Department of Chemical Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan, Tel: 81-52-789-3392, Fax: +81 52 789 5484