“We can now work on recovering and purifying these molecules as high-value ingredients.”
ScotBio works to create natural colourants, plant-based proteins, and nutritional ingredients for the food, cosmetics, textile, and pharmaceutical industries.
To achieve this they derive these products from algae, which they grow in an indoor vessel-based system.
Mr Palmer added: “The next step for us is to better understand the market opportunities for these molecules and to fully resolve the relationship between molecule chemistry and their antiviral mechanisms.
