What is a mechanism of action of methanol on algal cell wall?

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Methanol use in lipid extraction. Please provide me detail information on methanol and microalgal cell wall interaction in context to protein, lipid, and other material.

Jingkui Chen

methanol is good extraction solvent for intracellular metabolites. it works as de-protein reagent as well.

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