Recovery of c-phycocyanin from the cyanobacterium Spirulina maxima

A. Herrera; S. Boussiba; V. Napoleone; A. Hohlberg

doi:10.1007/BF00003469

Recovery of c-phycocyanin from the cyanobacterium Spirulina maxima

A. Herrera, S. Boussiba, V. Napoleone, A. Hohlberg

The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands

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Abstract

Spirulina biomass was separated into two fractions which may have various uses. A phycocyanin fraction may provide a food colourant and biomarkers, and a protein-rich leftover may be useful as aquaculture feed. Activated charcoal adsorption, ultrafiltration and spray drying were used effectively to produce a high quality colourant grade phycocyanin, while activated charcoal adsorption, ammonium sulphate precipitation, dialysis and chromatography were effective in preparing reagent grade phycocyanin.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-331
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Applied Phycology
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00003469
State	Published - 1 Dec 1989

Keywords

Spirulina
microalgae
phycocyanin

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Plant Science

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