Miscellaneous pigments in living organisms

Various chromatographic techniques have been employed for the purification and characterization of B-phycoeryhtrin (B-PE) from the unicellular red algae Porphyridium cruentum. B-PE is a biliprotein containing a chromophore. The research was motivated by the importance of B-PE in light-sensing elements in biosensors and by the possible application in food 

A modification of the method described above was also employed for the purification of B-PE and R-phycocyanin from P. cruentum [318], 

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