Publish Time: 2022-12-22 Origin: Site
Phycocyanin is a dark blue powder isolated from Spirulina. It is mainly found in cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptophytes. phycocyanin is also usually divided into C- and R-phycocyanin, the former being mainly found in cyanobacteria and the latter in red algae, both of which are found in cryptophytes. Its function is to absorb light (orange) energy and transmit light energy.
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The function of phycocyanin
The information on phycocyanin
The research on the application of phycocyanin is extensive and can be summarized as follows.
(1) Natural food pigment: algal cyanidin is a water-soluble pigment, non-toxic, pure blue, clear, and lovely, which can be used as a food coloring agent and additive to cosmetics.
(2) Pharmaceutical health food: algae cyanidin isolated experiment has the effect of stimulating erythrocyte colony production, similar to erythropoietin (EPO). Overseas has successfully developed a variety of phycocyanin compound drugs, Japan Kangpai AIDS Institute has phycocyanin can improve anemia, and improve the success of the report of hematocrit. In 1982, Iijima et al. studied that oral administration of algae cyanobacterial protein in mice increased the survival rate of mice injected with liver tumor cells, and the lymphocyte activity of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control, and they believed that the protein has the function of promoting immunity and anti-disease. 1986, Schwartz and Shklar of Harvard Hospital found that spirulina algae cyanobacterial protein has an inhibitory effect on some cancer cells.
(3) Special reagents for biology, chemistry, and cytology experiments: phycocyanin is blue and fluorescent, and can be used as a research reagent for some photodynamics in biology and cytology
Phycocyanin can help regulate and synthesize many important enzymes needed by human metabolism, and it has an important role in inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and promoting the regeneration of human cells, maintaining ovaries, and promoting the synthesis of elastin in the human body, while phycocyanin regulates the human immune system, enhances the function of the immune system and improves the resistance of the human body to diseases. Therefore, phycocyanin is known as a "food diamond" by food experts. It has a good effect in the following aspects.
1. Anti-cancer cells, anti-tumor
Phycocyanin has been proven to inhibit the expansion of cancer cells. Scientists have found that algae cyan protein has the function of inhibiting cancer cells. It can be made into an adjuvant anti-tumor treatment drug, which can enhance the immunity of the body to the adjuvant treatment of chemotherapy. In a scientific experiment, rats with liver cancer were fed with extracted algal cyanobacteria protein and found that the survival rate of rats fed with algal cyanobacteria protein was much higher than that of the control group. 90% of rats in the treated group survived after 5 weeks, while only 25% of rats in the untreated group survived. This suggests that oral administration of phycocyanin can improve the survival rate of organisms with cancer.
2. Antioxidant and free radical scavenging.
Algocyanin can promote cellular activity, scavenge free radicals in the body, improve ovarian function, and promote the rapid synthesis of elastin in the body. According to scientific research, phycocyanin has the effect of stimulating erythrocyte colony production, similar to erythropoietin (EPO); can adjust the role of white blood cells and improve the activity of lymphocytes; increase physical fitness, promote the growth of red blood cells, can enhance the body's immune function and promote growth and development.
3. Anti-allergic
A research team from Taiwan University published new findings on January 7, finding that purified algal cyan protein has an inhibitory effect on all allergies.
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