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In present research work impact of Monosodium glutamate (MSG) on the production & biochemical
analysis of different pigment of spirulina has been done. As spirulina is a rainbow of pigment as it
consists Chlorophyll a, Carotenoids including phycocyanin, phycoerythrin and allophycocyanin, for
this spirulina maxima have been procured from Manjul Spirulina Samwardhan Sansthan Burthal
Bassi Jaipur, Rajasthan. and sub cultured in spirulina lab Botany Department in CFTRI medium. In
this MSG was used as additional nutrient in Spirulina maxima cultivation. MSG also known
glutamic acid is one of the most common naturally occurring non essential amino acid and it is the
main component of many proteins & peptides. For the studies it was revealed that Monosodium
glutamate has been used as additional nutrient used to explore the impact on growth pattern of test
alga Spirulina maxima following three sets were designed (a) MSG only (b) CFTRI only (c) MSG +
CFTRI Optical density of the Spirulina maxima culture has been recorded regularly every 5 days
interval up to 20 days at 415nm by using cistronic spectrophotometer 166. From the overall result it
was found that CFTRI medium along with MSG shows good nutrient medium for the growth of
Spirulna maxima
Keywords: Monosodium glutamate, spirulina maxima, CFTRI medium, cultivation, Biomass.