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. 2018 Sep 5;20:e00280. doi: 10.1016/j.btre.2018.e00280

Table 4.

Effect of the quality of Arthrospira material on phycocyanin extracts.

Sample Phycocyanin content in Yield of Purity ratio Amount of biomass (kg)
biomass
(% dw.)
crude extracts
(% wt. phyco.)
phycocyanin
(% dw.)
(A620/A280) for 1 kg of phycocyanin
Group 1 6.75 ± 1.30 21.28 ± 1.81 4.10 ± 0.49 0.70 ± 0.11 24.39
Group 2 12.46 ± 0.99 35.87 ± 1.95 8.53 ± 0.73 1.06 ± 0.09 11.72
Group 3 21.31 ± 2.26 45.00 ± 2.30 14.98 ± 0.87 1.22 ± 0.21 6.67