In an interview with the IRIB News Agency in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the head of the Chabahar Offshore Fisheries Research Center said: This research project started in 2017 after identifying a type of algae in the waters of the coastal wetland. Dr. Ajdari added: Researchers of the Chabahar Offshore Fisheries Research Center isolated the beta - Carotene pigment, which causes pink color in some coastal waters, and purified it in the laboratory. He said: High tolerance to salinity and heat is one of the advantages of the algae. Creating a job for one person per hectare of farm is one of the benefits of cultivating the coastal algae. The head of the Chabahar Offshore Fisheries Research Center added: In this business plan, which is used in the food and health industries, each kilo of pigment is sold at prices of one to three thousand dollars in world markets. Ms. Zahra Amini, the researcher of this project, also said: The beta - Carotene in microalga Dunaliella has antioxidant and anti - cancer properties.
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