1st Edition
Algae and Sustainable Technologies Bioenergy, Nanotechnology and Green Chemistry
Contents
Foreword...........................................................................................................................................vii
Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix
About the Editors...............................................................................................................................xi
List of Contributors......................................................................................................................... xiii
Chapter 1 Algae as a Sustainable Resource for Green Economy and Deteriorating
Environment..................................................................................................................1
Atul Kumar Upadhyay
Chapter 2 Energy Reserves in Microalgae: Biomass Production and Genetic Engineering....... 11
Atul Kumar Upadhyay and D. P. Singh
Chapter 3 Biotechnological Application of Algae in Pharmaceuticals Industries with
Special Reference to Omega-3 Fatty Acid and Human Health...................................29
R. Singh, A. K. Upadhyay, P. Chandra and D. P. Singh
Chapter 4 Eco-Friendly and Eco Technological Approaches in Treatment of Wastewater
by Different Algae and Cyanobacteria........................................................................ 43
Dig Vijay Singh, Atul Kumar Upadhyay, Ranjan Singh and Davendra Pratap Singh
Chapter 5 Cultivation of Microalgae in Industrial Effluent for Simultaneous Pollutant
Removal and Biofuel Production................................................................................65
Rangabhashiyam S
Chapter 6 Wastewater Treatment Using Microalgae Bacterial Consortium................................85
Ghulam Mujtaba, Muhammad Rizwan, Sheraz Ahmed Memon, Haresh Kumar
and Jessica Lawrence
Chapter 7 Algae-Based Biofuel Production as a Part of an Industrial Cluster............................97
Uneza S. Nanabawa, Anupama Shrivastava, Poonam Singh and Sandhya Mishra
Chapter 8 Role of Algae in the Decolourization of Wastewater................................................ 115
Sunil Kumar, S. K. Mandotra, C. Sharma, A. S. Ahluwalia and M. U. Charaya
Chapter 9 An Overview of Industrial Wastewater Management Using Integrated Algal
Technologies.............................................................................................................. 141
K. Dhandayuthapani, V. Sarumathi, Ravindra Prasad, Imran Pancha, Sanjay
Kumar Gupta and Arvind Kumar Nema
Chapter 10 Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Their Potential Application: With
Special Reference to Algae and Cyanobacteria........................................................ 173
Shehzadi Nafe Aziz, Nadeem Ahmad and Tasneem Fatma
Chapter 11 Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles From Algae and Its Various Applications...... 185
Mridula Chaturvedi, Tarun Yadav and Sanjay C. Masih
Chapter 12 Bioactive Compounds from Microalgal Source as UV Protective Agents............... 201
Sonam Dwivedi and Iffat Zareen Ahmad
Chapter 13 Flavonoids as Food Supplement with Special Reference to Algae and
Cyanobacteria............................................................................................................ 231
Rakhshan Ahmad and Tasneem Fatma
Chapter 14 Algae as a Source for Nutraceutical Products: Scope and Perspective.....................245
Sonal Dixit, Neha Vishnoi and D. P. Singh
Chapter 15 Role of Salicylic Acid in Mitigation of Pesticide Toxicity in Cyanobacteria............ 271
Haleema Naaz, Nida Jamil Khan and Tasneem Fatma
Chapter 16 Perspectives on In Silico Investigation of the Drug Delivery Properties of
Microalgae................................................................................................................. 281
S. Saurabh and D. Ozcimen
Chapter 17 Paracetamol Toxicity on Cyanobacteria....................................................................309
Samreen Fatima and Tasneem Fatma
Index............................................................................................................................................... 317
Biography
Atul Kumar Upadhyay is a scholar in the field of environmental science. He completed his PhD in
the field of phytoremediation and constructed wetland technology at the CSIR-National Botanical
Research Institute, Lucknow, jointly with Kumaun University, Nainital, India. He earned his postgraduation
degree from Dr RML Avadh University, Faizabad, India, in the subject of botany. Dr
Upadhyay has performed research in the construction and design of wetlands and the plant-based
management of water and soil pollution in different states of India, and he has been involved in different
activities related to river water rejuvenation, wastewater treatment, wetland design and soil
management and pollution control. During his research, Dr Upadhyay has published a number of
research papers, articles and chapters in the peer-reviewed journals of national and international
repute. He has also published one author book, edited two books from Springer.
Currently, Atul Kumar Upadhyay is working as a post-doctoral fellow (UGC-DSKPDF) in the
Department of Environmental Science, BBAU (a central university), Lucknow, India, and involved
in working on the different aspects of algal-based sustainable phytoremediation, biofuel and bioenergy
production.
Prof. D. P. Singh, Former Head and Dean of the School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb
Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India, is an eminent scholar in the field of environmental
science. He earned his PhD from the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
India. He has worked extensively in the area of wastewater treatment, microbiology, stress physiology,
bioremediation and alternative energy options. He has received several honours and awards to
his credit, including more than 135 research publications in high impact factor journals of national
and international repute. He has supervised more than 24 PhD students and several MSc and MTech
students for their research work. He has delivered invited lectures in different seminars and symposia
and served as a principal investigator for several governments funded projects. Dr Singh has
published five books in the fields of environmental microbiology and biotechnology, stress physiology
and sustainable management of soil and water and edited more than ten books with a scientific
background with Springer, Elsevier, CRC etc.
