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Less attention has been paid to the profile characterization of other antioxidant compounds, such as polyphenols, which can be synthesized, concomitantly with carotenoids, under photooxidative stress, especially high light. The cultures of C. reinhardtii were exposed to three different light intensities, 70, 800 and 1500 \u00b5moles photons m\u22122 s\u22121. The increasing light intensity symmetrically induced the increasing accumulation of both carotenoids and phenolic compounds. The results showed that exposure to high light intensities caused the accumulation of electrons in the electron transport chain, with a reduction in photosynthetic activity. In the same cultures, high light intensity induced the strong increment of polyphenols such as gallic, chlorogenic and coumaric acids, which resulted 6.2-fold, 4-fold and 3.7-fold higher, respectively, than in cells exposed to the lowest intensities. As expected, at the highest light intensity, the strong induction of the xanthophyll cycle and the largest increment of loroxanthin, lutein, \u03b1-carotene and \u00df-carotene could be detected. Antioxidant properties doubled with respect to the initial time, both in acetone and methanol cellular extracts of these cultures, revealing a new potential role for biotechnological application of this microalga.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym13112220","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,21]],"date-time":"2021-11-21T21:00:50Z","timestamp":1637528450000},"page":"2220","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Impact of Light Stress on the Synthesis of Both Antioxidants Polyphenols and Carotenoids, as Fast Photoprotective Response in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: New Prospective for Biotechnological Potential of This Microalga"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Cecilia","family":"Faraloni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council, Institute of Bio-Economy, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano n.10, Sesto F.no, 50019 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2060-8294","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tiziana","family":"Di Lorenzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano n.10, Sesto F.no, 50019 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6820-9244","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandra","family":"Bonetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Research Council, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano n.10, Sesto F.no, 50019 Florence, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101956","DOI":"10.1016\/j.algal.2020.101956","article-title":"Photoprotection properties of marine photosynthetic organisms grown in high ultraviolet exposure areas: Cosmeceutical applications","volume":"49","author":"Schneider","year":"2020","journal-title":"Algal Res."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"154","DOI":"10.1016\/j.algal.2018.11.024","article-title":"Euglena as a potential natural source of value-added metabolites. 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