Effect of pulsed electric fields and high pressure homogenization on the aqueous extraction of intracellular compounds from the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris

Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) and High Pressure Homogenization (HPH) are promising and scalable cell disruption technologies of microalgae cells. In this work, the permeabilization degree, morphological properties, and extractability of intracellular compounds from microalgae Chlorella vulgaris suspensions (1.2%, w/w) were investigated as a function of PEF treatment at different electric field strengths (10–30 kV/cm) and total specific energy...