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P6161

C-Phycocyanin from Spirulina sp.

lyophilized powder

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CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
EC Number:
234-248-8
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biological source

Spirulina

form

lyophilized powder

composition

Protein, ~30%

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Biochem/physiol Actions

C-phycocyanin was shown to function as an antioxidant and to inhibit the production of melanin in human skin by reducing expression and activity of tyrosinase.

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Package size based on protein content

Physical form

Highly purified, lyophilized powder containing sucrose, dithioerythritol and sodium azide as preservatives

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2

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Storage Class

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Li-Chen Wu et al.
Journal of biomedical science, 18, 74-74 (2011-10-13)
Pigmentation is one of the essential defense mechanisms against oxidative stress or UV irradiation; however, abnormal hyperpigmentation in human skin may pose a serious aesthetic problem. C-phycocyanin (Cpc) is a phycobiliprotein from spirulina and functions as an antioxidant and a
Yu Ou et al.
Toxicology letters, 215(1), 25-30 (2012-10-06)
Apoptosis of lens epithelial cell (LEC) plays an important role in cataract formation, and its prevention may be one of the therapeutic strategies in treating cataract. This study used human lens epithelial cell (hLEC) line SRA01/04 to investigate the protective
Deqiang Duanmu et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(9), 3621-3626 (2013-01-25)
The maintenance of functional chloroplasts in photosynthetic eukaryotes requires real-time coordination of the nuclear and plastid genomes. Tetrapyrroles play a significant role in plastid-to-nucleus retrograde signaling in plants to ensure that nuclear gene expression is attuned to the needs of
Jing Zheng et al.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 304(2), R110-R120 (2012-11-02)
We and other investigators have reported that bilirubin and its precursor biliverdin may have beneficial effects on diabetic vascular complications, including nephropathy, via its antioxidant effects. Here, we investigated whether phycocyanin derived from Spirulina platensis, a blue-green algae, and its
Ailie Marx et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1827(3), 311-318 (2012-12-04)
X-ray crystal structures of the isolated phycobiliprotein components of the phycobilisome have provided high resolution details to the description of this light harvesting complex at different levels of complexity and detail. The linker-independent assembly of trimers into hexamers in crystal

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