HNB Supply Spirulina extract blue phycocyanin powder 25% E=18
Phycocyanin is a dark blue powder isolated from spirulina. Mainly present in blue-green algae, red algae, and cryptoalgae. Phycocyanin is usually divided into C-phycocyanin and R-phycocyanin. The former is mainly present in blue-green algae, while the latter is mainly present in red algae. Both types are present in cryptophytes. Its function is to absorb light (orange) energy and transmit light energy. It is not only a protein, but also an excellent natural food pigment, and is also a good health food
Phycocyanin is a very rare natural nutrient found only in blue-green algae.
English Name: phycocyanin
Ingredients : Porphyrin pigment proteins in blue-green algae.
Character : Blue powder. Soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol and fats.
The application research of phycocyanin is very extensive, which can be summarized in the following aspects:
(1) Natural food pigments: Phycocyanin is a water-soluble pigment, non-toxic, pure blue, clear and cute, and can be used as an additive in food colorants and cosmetics.
(2) Medical and health food: Phycocyanin in vitro experiments have the effect of stimulating red blood cell colony formation. A variety of phycocyanin compound drugs have been successfully developed abroad. The Japanese Kangpai AIDS Research Institute has successfully reported that phycocyanin can improve anemia and hemoglobin. In 1982, Iijima et al. studied that oral administration of phycocyanin in mice increased the survival rate of mice injected with liver tumor cells, and the lymphocyte activity of the experimental group mice was significantly higher than that of the control group. They believed that this protein had immune and disease promoting functions. In 1986, Schwartz and Shklar from Harvard Hospital in the United States discovered that spirulina phycocyanin had an inhibitory effect on some cancer cells.
(3) A special reagent for biological, chemical, and cytological experiments: phycocyanin blue with fluorescence, which can be used as a research reagent for photodynamic studies in biology and cytology.
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