Spirulina Blue

Basic Information

Product Name: Spirulina Blue, Spirulina Blue Pigment, Phycocyanin Powder

Botanical Name: Spirulina Platensis

Grade: Food Grade
Part Used: Whole part
Test Method: UV
Active Ingredients: Phycocyanin, Protein
Appearance: Fine Blue Powder

Benefits

• Spirulina Blue is a pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. It is an accessory pigment to chlorophyll. All phycobiliproteins are water-soluble and therefore cannot exist within the membrane as do carotenoids, but aggregate forming clusters that adhere to the membrane called phycobilisomes.

• It is a characteristic light blue color, absorbing orange and red light, particularly near 620 nm (depending on which specific type it is), and emits fluorescence at about 650 nm (also depending on which type it is).

• Allophycocyanin absorbs and emits at longer wavelengths than Phycocyanin C or Phycocyanin R. Phycocyanins are found in Cyanobacteria (previously called blue-green algae). Phycobiliproteins have fluorescent properties that are used in immunoassay kits.

Application

• Applied in health care products used as raw materials;

• Applied in food field used as pigments, food additives of seasoning;

• Applied in pharmaceutical field as raw materials for anti-inflammatory and regulating menstruation.