Spirulina blue-green algae

Figure 9. Polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis of soluble SOD from (A) Spinacia (spinach) (a, b), Spirulina (blue-green alga) (c,d), ana from (B) rod outer segments from retina of cattle (a,b,d) and frogs (c,e) (39, 64)...

AKHILENDER NADU, M., VISWANATHA, S., NARASINKA MURTHY, K., ravishankar, g. A. and srinivar, l. Toxicity assessment of phycocyanin, a blue colorant from blue green algae, Spirulina platensis, Food Biotechnol., 1999, 13, 51-6. 

In certain health food literature, Spirulina, a blue-green algae, has been claimed to be a source of vitamin B12. It appears that this was based on the results obtained from the United States Pharmacopeia microbiological assay for vitamin B12. This assay uses Lactobacillus leichmannii as the test organism and it is known that this organism responds to some vitamin B12 analogs. Herbert and Drivas (H7) found that analogs of the vitamin accounted for more than 80% of what appeared to be vitamin B12. ... 

An extract of Spirulina, unicellular filamentous blue-green algae for human consumption has been reported to have potential hypocholesterolemic activity (Chamorro et al., 1996). 

Liver damage has been attributed to Spirulina, a type of blue-green algae. 

A health food fad involves tablets of Spirulina sp. (blue-green algae). When the B12 concentration of algal health food (Spirulina tablets) has been determined by both L. delbrucekii ATCC 7830 microbiological and IF chemiluminescence methods, the values determined by the microbiological method are about sixfold to ninefold greater in the Spirulina tablets than the values determined by the IF chemiluminescence method. To evaluate whether the B12 found in the Spirulina tablets is true Bi2 or inactive Bi2-related compound, B12 compounds have been purified from the Spirulina tablets using silica gel 60 TLC and a reversed-phased HPLC, and then characterized. 

Carbon dioxide fixation and biomass production with blue-green algae Spirulina platensis... 

A filamentous blue-green alga, Spirulina platensis NIES39 was usedin this study. This algal strain was provided from Global Environmental Forum, Japan. For the algal cultivation, SOT medium [1] was used. The pH value of the medium was acjusted at 9.0 with 1 mol dm-3 NaOH. The medium was autoclaved at 121 "C for 15 min prior to use. 

A few investigators have studied the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis as a possible source of Se/iodide pharmaceuticals. Se in Spirulina has been reported to be in a high-molecular-weight form. Overall bioavailability of Se from Spirulina was reported to be low, but... 

In algae, an example is found in the sulfated polysaccharide spirulan, isolated from the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis, composed of two types of disaccharide repeating-units, O-rhamnosyl-acofriose (3-0-methylrhamnose) and 0-hexosyluronic-rhamnose.226... 

Lightner, D.V. Possible toxic effects of the marine blue-green alga, Spirulina subsalsa, on the blue shrimp, Penaeus stylirostris, J. Invert. Pathol, 32, 139, 1978. 

However, aspartic and glutamic acid that exhibit interesting properties in flavor development are less in red seaweed compared to that in brown seaweed. In addition, the blue-green alga, Spirulina, is well known for its very high protein content which is close to 70% of the dry matter. The in vivo digestibility of seaweed proteins is not well documented. However, the extractabUity and the in vitro digestibility of seaweed protein attain more than 80% irrespective of the species (Flem-ence, 1999). 

Hayashi, T., Hayashi, K., Maedaa, M., and Kojima, I. (1996b). Calcium spirulan, an inhibitor of enveloped virus replication, from a blue-green alga Spirulina platensis. ]. Nat. Prod. 59, 83-87. 

Ishimi, Y., Sugiyama, F., Ezaki, J., Fujioka, M., and Wu, J. (2006). Effects of spirulina, a blue-green alga, on bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats and hindlimb-unloaded mice. 

Nutraceuticals Alfalfa juice, animal vaccine, barley juices, blue-green algae, choline, cosmeceutical material, cranberry extract, grape pomace extract and fermented, hops extract, hydrolysate, niacinamide, saw palmetto, spirulina, etc. ... 

PHOTOINHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND ITS RECOVERY IN LOW AND HIGH LIGHT ACCLIMATIZED BLUE-GREEN ALGA (CYANOBACTERIUM) SPIRULINA PLATENSIS... 

Blue-Green Alga (Cyanobacterium) Spirulina platensis 447... 

Sulfated polysaccharide antibiotic of unknown struct. Composed of two types of repeating disaccharide units O-rhamnosylacofriose and O-hexuro-nosylrhamnose (aldobiuronic acid). Characterised as the Ca deriv. Calcium spirulan, to which CAS no. refers. Isol. from the blue-green alga Spirulina platensis. Antiviral agent. Amorph. powder, (as Ca deriv.). [a]o +14.7 (c, 0.6 in H2O) (Ca deriv.). 

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