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Exploring the Benefits of Phycocyanin: From Spirulina Cultivation to Its Widespread Applications
Pharmaceuticals, 2023 Large-scale production of microalgae and their bioactive compounds has steadily increased in response to global demand for natural compounds. Spirulina, in particular, has been used due to its high nutritional value, especially its high protein content ...
Raquel Fernandes +7 more
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BMC Chemistry, 2021 Phycocyanin is a blue natural food colorant with multiple health benefits. Here we propose an efficient phycocyanin extraction method from Arthrospira platensis from Mexico.
Sanghamitra Khandual +3 more
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Photophysics of phycoerythrocyanins from the cyanobacterium Westiellopsis prolifica studied by time-resolved fluorescence and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy [PDF]
, 1994 Three building blocks of the antenna complexes of the cyanobacterium Westiellopsis prolifica were studied: PEC(X), which is similar to the α-subunit of phycoerythrocyanin (PEC), trimers of PEC and monomers derived from these by deaggregation with KSCN ...
F. Lottspeich +13 more
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A Simple Method for Efficient Extraction and Separation of C-phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis [PDF]
, 2012 Stroke is the third leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease and cancer. At present, there is no registered neuroprotective drug used in clinical practice that may prevent or limit cerebral tissue lesions occurring in the areas with decreased ...
H, Hadiyanto +4 more
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Application Status of C-phycocyanin in Anti-tumor
Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2018 In recent years, the search for anti-tumor drugs with high efficiency, low toxicity and little side effects in marine organisms has attracted the attention of scholars.
LIU Huihui +6 more
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Biology, 2022 In this study, a biorefinery based on Oscillatoria sp. is developed to produce high-value compounds such as C-phycocyanin, used in food colourant applications, and biostimulants, used in agriculture-related applications.
Ainoa Morillas-España +6 more
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Diversity and evolution of phycobilisomes in marine Synechococcus spp.: a comparative genomics study [PDF]
, 2007 Background Marine Synechococcus owe their specific vivid color (ranging from blue-green to orange) to their large extrinsic antenna complexes called phycobilisomes, comprising a central allophycocyanin core and rods of variable phycobiliprotein ...
Six, Christophe +24 more
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In Vitro Photodynamic Effect of Phycocyanin against Breast Cancer Cells
Molecules, 2016 C-phycocyanin, a natural blue-colored pigment-protein complex was explored as a novel photosensitizer for use in low-level laser therapy under 625-nm laser illumination.
Subramaniyan Bharathiraja +5 more
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Aqueous two phase extraction for purification of C-phycocyanin
, 2007 Aqueous two phase extraction is employed for the purification of C-phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis. A systematic approach is suggested to arrive at the optimal process parameters of aqueous two phase extraction by considering a case study of C ...
Patil, Ganapathi +1 more
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Molecules, 2017 Cell disruption is an important step during the extraction of C-phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis. An ultrafine shearing method is introduced and combined with soaking and ultrasonication to disrupt the cell walls of S.
Jianfeng Yu
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