Production of phycocyanin—a pigment with applications in biology, biotechnology, foods and medicine

NT Eriksen - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
Abstract C-phycocyanin (C-PC) is a blue pigment in cyanobacteria, rhodophytes and
cryptophytes with fluorescent and antioxidative properties. C-PC is presently extracted from …

Phycocyanin from microalgae: properties, extraction and purification, with some recent applications

MG de Morais, D da Fontoura Prates… - Industrial …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Phycocyanin is a non-toxic, water-soluble pigment protein from microalgae that exhibits
antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective effects. In addition to …

Protective Role of Spirulina platensis against Acute Deltamethrin-Induced Toxicity in Rats

MM Abdel-Daim, SMM Abuzead, SM Halawa - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Deltamethrin is a broad-spectrum synthetic pyrethroid insecticide and acaricide widely used
for agricultural and veterinary purposes. However, its human and animal exposure leads to …

Protective effect of Spirulina against doxorubicin‐induced cardiotoxicity

M Khan, JC Shobha, IK Mohan… - … Journal Devoted to …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The generation of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial dysfunction has been
implicated in doxorubicin (DOX)‐induced cardiotoxicity. The aim of the present study was to …

Potential protective effects of Spirulina platensis on liver, kidney, and brain acrylamide toxicity in rats

MN Bin-Jumah, AA Al-Huqail, N Abdelnaeim… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Acrylamide (AA) is a hazardous chemical that is widely used in industrial practices. Spirulina
platensis (SP) is a blue green alga that is rich in bioactive compounds with many medicinal …

Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) supplementation improves growth performance, feed utilization, immune response, and relieves oxidative stress in Nile tilapia …

MMA Mahmoud, MMM El-Lamie, OE Kilany… - Fish & shellfish …, 2018 - Elsevier
One hundred and eighty Nile tilapia fish were used in eighty-three-day growth trial. Fish
were divided into three treatment groups. The first group T0 was given the basal diet without …

[PDF][PDF] Herbal plants used in the treatment of urolithiasis: a review

RD Yadav, SK Jain, S Alok, A Mahor… - International Journal of …, 2011 - academia.edu
Kidney stone formation is a complex that results from a succession of several
physicochemical events including supersaturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation and …

C-phycocyanin confers protection against oxalate-mediated oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions in MDCK cells

SM Farooq, NB Boppana, D Asokan, SD Sekaran… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Oxalate toxicity is mediated through generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) via a
process that is partly dependent on mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, we investigated …

Purification of the photosynthetic pigment C‐phycocyanin from heterotrophic Galdieria sulphuraria

L Sørensen, A Hantke… - … of the Science of Food and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background The phycobiliprotein C‐phycocyanin (C‐PC) is used in cosmetics, diagnostics
and foods and also as a nutraceutical or biopharmaceutical. It is produced in the …

Supercritical fluid extraction of phycocyanin and investigation of cytotoxicity on human lung cancer cells

I Deniz, MO Ozen, O Yesil-Celiktas - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, a step-by-step optimization approach was carried out for supercritical fluid
extraction (SCF) of phycocyanin (PC) from Spirulina platensis, where pressure, temperature …