Figure 4.
The HPLC-PAD chromatograms of pigments present in aqueous (a) and ethanolic (b) extracts prepared from spirulina dried using different methods (FD, freeze drying; SD, sun drying; AD′, air drying at 40 °C; AD″, air drying at 75 °C; IRD′, infrared drying at 40 °C; IRD″, infrared drying at 75 °C; VD′, vacuum drying at 40 °C; VD″, vacuum drying at 75 °C) and registered at 350 and 430 nm. The peak numbers correspond to the compound numbers in Table S1.