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Cyanobacteria-Based Bioprocess for Cosmetic Products—Cyanobium sp. as a Novel Source of Bioactive Pigments

Phycology, 2023
As a producer of pigments with known bioactive potential, cyanobacteria are a great source of active ingredients for cosmetics (i.e., carotenoids and phycobiliproteins).
Fernando Pagels, A. Catarina Guedes, António A. Vicente, Vitor Vasconcelos   +3 more
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Spectrophotometric Quantification of Pigments in Anabaena Flos-Aquae: Investigation of Cell Disruption Methods [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Chlorophyll a and phycobiliproteins are ubiquitous cyanobacterial secondary products of vast scientific and technological interest and their accurate measurement is necessary in many application fields.
Mohammad Salimi, Zeinab Salehi, Bahar Baniasadi, Yashar Karbini   +3 more
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Microalgae-Derived Pigments for the Food Industry

Marine Drugs, 2023
In the food industry, manufacturers and customers have paid more attention to natural pigments instead of the synthetic counterparts for their excellent coloring ability and healthy properties.
Han Sun, Yuxin Wang, Yongjin He, Bin Liu, Haijin Mou, Feng Chen, Shufang Yang   +6 more
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Cosmetic Potential of Pigments Extracts from the Marine Cyanobacterium Cyanobium sp.

Marine Drugs, 2022
The current mindset in the cosmetics market about sustainable ingredients had increased the search for new sources of natural active ingredients. Cyanobacteria are a great source of functional ingredients for cosmetics, as a producer of pigments with ...
Fernando Pagels, Cíntia Almeida, Vitor Vasconcelos, A. Catarina Guedes   +3 more
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Modular generation of fluorescent phycobiliproteins [PDF]

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2013
Phycobiliproteins are brightly-fluorescent light-harvesting pigments for photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae. They are also of interest as fluorescent biomarkers, but their heterologous generation in vivo has previously required multiple transformations. We report here a modular approach that requires only two DNA segments.
Wu, Xian-Jun, Chang, Kun, Luo, Juan, Zhou, Ming, Scheer, Hugo, Zhao, Kai-Hong   +5 more
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Probing heavy metal binding to phycobiliproteins [PDF]

The FEBS Journal, 2022
Blue‐green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, contain some of the most efficient light‐harvesting complexes known. These large, colourful complexes consist of phycobiliproteins which are extremely valuable in the cosmetics, food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries.
Jeddidiah Bellamy‐Carter, Jaspreet K. Sound, Aneika C. Leney   +2 more
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Identifying Key Environmental Indicators in the Assessment of the Proof-of-Concept in Pigment Production from the Marine Cyanobacterium Cyanobium sp.

Applied Sciences, 2022
Cyanobacteria have long attracted market interest as a source of natural compounds such as pigments with proven bioactivity (carotenoid and phycobiliproteins).
Fernando Pagels, Ana Arias, A. Catarina Guedes, António A. Vicente, Vitor Vasconcelos, Maria Teresa Moreira   +5 more
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Rapid analytical methods for the microalgal and cyanobacterial biorefinery: Application on strains of industrial importance

MicrobiologyOpen, 2021
To realize the potential of microalgae in the biorefinery context, exploitation of multiple products is necessary for profitability and bioproduct valorization.
Joseph S. Palmer, Linda A. Lawton, Rocky Kindt, Christine Edwards   +3 more
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Microalgae: A Promising Source of Bioactive Phycobiliproteins

Marine Drugs, 2023
Phycobiliproteins are photosynthetic light-harvesting pigments isolated from microalgae with fluorescent, colorimetric and biological properties, making them a potential commodity in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.
Latifa Tounsi, Hajer Ben Hlima, Faiez Hentati, Ons Hentati, Hana Derbel, Philippe Michaud, Slim Abdelkafi   +6 more
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Antioxidant, Anti-Nephrolithe Activities and in Vitro Digestibility Studies of Three Different Cyanobacterial Pigment Extracts

Marine Drugs, 2015
Phycobiliprotein-containing water and carotenoid-containing methanolic extracts of three different cyanobacteria, Pseudanabaena sp., Spirulina sp. and Lyngbya sp., were studied for their DPPH scavenging, iso-bolographic studies, and anti-nephrolithe ...
Chetan Paliwal, Tonmoy Ghosh, Khushbu Bhayani, Rahulkumar Maurya, Sandhya Mishra   +4 more
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