Table 1.

Phycobiliprotein content in S. maxima samples derived via different extraction processes and measured with a spectrophotometer.

Sample	Temperature (°C)	Frequency (kHz)	Extraction Time (h)	C-Phycocyanin (mg/mL)	Allophycocyanin (mg/mL)	Phycoerythrin (mg/mL)
Control 1	4	-	24	9.8 ± 0.02	2.3 ± 0.02	0.7 ± 0.01
WE 2	25	-	24	5.7 ± 0.01	1.2 ± 0.05	0.3 ± 0.01
UE 3	25	60	1	8.6 ± 0.04	2.3 ± 0.03	0.5 ± 0.01
			2	9.2 ± 0.13	2.5 ± 0.06	0.7 ± 0.01
			3	11.3 ± 0.06 *	3.1 ± 0.02 *	0.8 ± 0.01 *
			4	10.9 ± 0.34 *	3.0 ± 0.02 *	0.5 ± 0.01
			5	9.9 ± 0.07	2.7 ± 0.01	0.6 ± 0.01
		20	3	10.2 ± 0.04	2.9 ± 0.03	0.4 ± 0.01
		40		11.3 ± 0.13 *	3.1 ± 0.05 *	0.8 ± 0.01 *
		60		10.9 ± 0.08	3.0 ± 0.07 *	0.6 ± 0.01
		80		11.2 ± 0.16 *	2.7 ± 0.03	0.4 ± 0.01
		100		10.8 ± 0.14 *	3.0 ± 0.08 *	0.7 ± 0.01

¹ Control: S. maxima extract with water at 4 °C for 24 h. ² WE: S. maxima extract with water at 25 °C for 24 h. ³ UE: S. maxima extract with water at 25 °C for 3–5 h by ultrasonification. * Significant difference, p < 0.05.