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Phycocyanin

Known as: Phycocyanin [Chemical/Ingredient], Phycocyanins, C- 
The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with… 
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2017
2017
Thermal and photo-stability of the antioxidant potential of Spirulina platensis powder
This work aimed to evaluate the thermal and photo stability of the antioxidant potential (AP) of the Spirulina platensis biomass… 
2004
2004
Cloning and sequencing of the phycocyanin gene from Spirulina maxima and its evolutionary analysis
The genes were cloned for the two apoprotein subunits, α andβ, of phycocyanin from the cyanobacterium Spirulina maxima… 
2001
2001
Light harvesting in brown algae
Les complexes pigments-proteines qui assurent la collecte de l'energie chez les algues brunes sont intramembranaires. Ils… 
1987
1987
Nucleotide sequence of phycocyanin beta-subunit gene of cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans strain R2.
From a clone of a 3.8 Kb Pst I genomic DNA fragment of A. nidulans R2 in pUC8 plasmid, the sequence of the phycocyanin (PC) B… 
1984
1984
Biosynthesis of phycobiliproteins. Incorporation of biliverdin into phycocyanin of the red alga Cyanidium caldarium.
14C-labelled biliverdin IX alpha was administered to cultures of Cyanidium caldarium that were actively synthesizing… 
1984
1984
Characterization of proteoglycans synthesized by cultured arterial smooth muscle cells of the rat.
Arterial smooth muscle cells cultured from rat aorta were labelled with sodium [35S]-sulfate in combination with either [3H… 
1981
1981
Absorption spectrum of allophycocyanin isolated from Anabaena cylindrica: variation of the absorption spectrum induced by changes of the physico-chemical environment.
The absorption spectrum of allophycocyanin of Anabaena cylindrica was studied. The extinctions of the main absorption bands (650… 
1981
1981
Association of phycoerythrin and phycocyanin: in vitro formation of a functional energy transferring phycobilisome complex of Porphyridium sordidum.
Functional in vitro association and dissociation of a phycobiliprotein complex, isolated from phycobilisomes of the red alga… 
1970
1970
Metabolic fate of mineral oil adjuvants using 14C-labeled tracers. I. Mineral oil.
Abstract This investigation was undertaken to determine the metabolic fate of injected mineral oil using n -hexadecane as the… 
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1966
Highly Cited
1966
Studies on the formation of phycocyanin, porphyrins, and a blue phycobilin by wild-type and mutant strains of Cyanidium caldarium.
The synthesis of chlorophyll a and the bile-pigment and protein moieties of phycocyanin were arrested in illuminated cells of…