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What is Sun Chlorella? click |
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What substances are found in Sun Chlorella A? click |
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How is Sun Chlorella A manufactured? click |
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1. What is Sun Chlorella? |
Profile
of Chlorella: By collecting water from a green pond and observing
it under a microscope, you will find various micro-organisms
which are not visible to the naked eye. Among those micro-organisms
is a green, round cell in diameter of about 6 microons (6/1000
milimeter).
This is Chlorella. |
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Chlorella is a form of life that emerged over 2 billion years
ago, coming after photosynthetic bacteria. It was the first
form of plant with a well-defined nucleus (eucaryote). Fossils
from the Pre-Cambrian period clearly indicate the presence
of chlorella.
The earth's oxygen was largely produced from sunlight, water
and carbon dioxide by various types of plants, in which chlorella
played an important role, because of its strong capability
to perform photosynthesis. These plants also produced the
food which was the basis for later types of multi-cellular
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The surface of Chlorella is covered with the cell wall(CW),
composed chiefly of cellulose. In the cell, one can see a
nucleus(N), starch grains(S) and belt-shaped chloroplast(C),
where photosynthesis takes place. The mitochondria(M) is an
organ which generates the energy required for cell survival.
Chlorella is asexually reproduced, therefore there is no distinction
between male or female, and chlorella forms no reproductive
organs.
The daughter cell grows to become a mother cell, and divides
producing four daughter cells. This is the life cycle. The
length of the chlorella's life cycle depends upon the strength
of sunlight, temperature and nutrients, usually dividing once
a day.
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What substances are found in Sun Chlorella A? |
General
Nutrients (Unit:gram)
Moisture (5.77%), Crude Protein (56.24%), Crude Fat (13.38%),
Carbohydrate (16.95%), Crude Fibre (1.02%), Crude Ash (6.64%),
Chlorophyll (1.7%), Calorie (417 Cal). |
Vitamin
Constituents (Unit:mg)
Vitamin A activity (13,000 IU/100g), B-Carotene (24), Vitamin
B1 (2.1), Vitamin B2 (5.1), Vitamin B6 (1.3), Vitamin C (22),
Niacin (20.9), Pantothenic acid (0.7), Biotin (0.18), Inositol
(146), Folic Acid (0.033). |
Minerals
Constituents (Unit:mg)
Calcium (150), Magnesium (370), Iron (120), Zinc (4), Phosphorous
(1770), Iodine (Less than 2ppm). |
Amino
Acid Constituents (Unit:gram)
Lysine (3.15%), Leucine (4.98), Isoleucine (2.35), Threonine
(2.61), Valine (3.55), Methionine (1.06), Phenylalanine (2.89),
Trytophan (1.11), Histidine (1.08), Arginine (3.51), Serine
(2.31), Proline (2.43), Glycine (3.36), Alanine (4.81), Glutamic
Acid (6.45), Aspartic Acid (5.06), Others (5.53) |
Fatty
Acid Constituents
Saturated Fatty acid (14.7%), Unsaturated Fatty acid (85.3%).
The above information indicates a nutritional information
of chlorella. Because chlorella is a natural product, its
analysis may vary slightly depending upon the season, ythe
weather and environmental conditions.
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Manufacturing Process of Sun Chlorella A |
Stock Culture
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first step is to gather only chlorella from the various algae
and plankton which were collected from a natural green pond.
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Active
Slant Culture
Then the chlorella is checked as to whether the species is
good for mass culture and as a food by changing the temperature
condition. |
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Flask Seed Culture
The chlorella is implanted into a small culture
flask containing culture solution. It is provided with bubbling
air with carbon dioxide under a fluorescent light. Flasks
are gradually increased as chlorella concentration becomes
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Mother Seed Culture
When the concentration becomes high enough, it is placed in
the mother seed culturing basin which is a round, shallow,
concrete pool with a stirrer in the center.
Nutrients and air are continuously supplied to the chlorella
by the stirrer in the culture medium.
Culture pools are gradually increased in size (2m-6m-18m)
as the chlorella concentration becomes higher.
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Main Culture
After culturing in the mother seed basin, it is placed in
the main culture pool which is also made of concrete with
a mechanical stirrer.
The diameter of the main culture pool is from 40m to 50m.
Most chlorella is cultured by photosynthesis with the energy
from the sun. |
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Purification
When the chlorella in the main culture pool is finally condensed,
it will be pumped out of the culture pool.
The next step is to efficiently remove a great amount of water
by repeating the process of centrifugation-washing-dehydration.
The differential steps are completed by using the De Laval
type centrifuge. It is repeated again and again until only
chlorella can be seen through the microscope.
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Cell-wall Disintegrating
(Dyno-Mill)
This is the unique process used by YSK International
Corp. This process involves a physical disintegration of
the cell wall using only natural means (no chemicals, enzymes
or heat)
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Drying
After breaking down the cell wall of chlorella,
concentrates must be handled at low temperatures and dried
as quickly as possible, because raw chlorella easily decomposes.
Spray-drying is employed in producing chlorella powder. Concentrates
are sprayed in hot air so as to dry them instantaneously,
and thereby avoid damage to their quality.
Dry chlorella is very stable and can remain at its original
potency for several years, if maintained under proper conditions. |
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Tableting, Packing & Labeling
After the drying process, the chlorella powder
is meticulously checked for mutation and contanmination. The
powder is then molded into tablets by a direct press machine.
No substances are added to these tablets. the final product,
Sun Chlorella A, is placed in a polystrene case to insure
that the highest level of effectiveness.
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