Evaluating the Method Based on Ethanol for
Extracting Lipids from Microalgae. Lipid extraction yield
is a critical indicator for evaluating an extraction method since it
represents the amount of lipids obtained from the algal biomass
by the particular extraction method. In this study, the lipid
extraction yields from several species of marine microalgae
using the ethanol extraction method were determined and
compared with the conventional Bligh−Dyer method, as shown
in Figure 1. It can be observed that when ethanol was used