Arthrospira platensis is a filamentous cyanobacterium of the class Cyanophyceae and is the
most cultivated photosynthetic prokaryote. It is used in the pharmaceutical sector, medicine …

As food safety continues to gain prominence, phycocyanin (PC) is increasingly favored by
consumers as a natural blue pigment, which is extracted from microalgae and serves the …

Phycocyanin, produced by Spirulina platensis, has been reported as an anti-inflammatory,
anti-hyperalgesia, antioxidant, anti-tumor, and anti-cancer agent. However, the ingestion of …

Introduction Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an incurable and highly complex chronic inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD) affecting millions of people worldwide. C-phycocyanin (C-PC) has been …

Phycocyanin and allophycocyanin are important active substances in Arthrospira platensis,
because of their fluorescent characteristic and antioxidant capacity. In order to solve the …

Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) is a Gram-negative nitrogen-fixing freshwater filamentous
cyanobacterium with a rich nutritional profile that is approved for human consumption by …

Microalgae are a renewable and sustainable source of bioactive compounds, such as
essential amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and antioxidant compounds, that have …

Spirulina maxima is a cyanobacterium considered a “superfood” due to its metabolites and
nutrient content. These include a complex mixture of minerals, vitamins, fatty acids, proteins …

Due to their unique biochemical and spectroscopic properties, both heme and
phycocyanobilin are widely applied in the medical and food industries. Synechocystis sp …

The high-purity phycocyanin has a high commercial value. Most current purification methods
of C-phycocyanin involve multiple steps, which are complicated and time-consuming. To …