Natural products are currently in the spotlight due to the increasing awareness of consumers. Among these products is phycocyanin (C-PC), a blue colorant that can be extracted from cyanobacteria – a poorly explored feedstock – and applied in several fields, due to its argued health benefits. Arthropira (previously called Spirulina) is the major source of C-PC nowadays, but within the scope of pursuing alternative sources, the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica was used in the present study to extract this colorant.

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蓝色还不够：圆柱鱼腥藻 C-藻蓝蛋白提取物的生物活性

由于消费者意识的提高，天然产品目前成为人们关注的焦点。在这些产品中，藻蓝蛋白 (C-PC) 是一种蓝色着色剂，可以从蓝藻中提取 - 一种开发不足的原料 - 并因其对健康有益而应用于多个领域。节旋藻（以前称为螺旋藻）是当今 C-PC 的主要来源，但在寻求替代来源的范围内，本研究中使用蓝藻鱼腥藻来提取这种着色剂。