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. 2019 Jul 1;9:9474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45905-6

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Purity and concentration of C-PC in various extraction and purification steps and experiments. (a) Different growth phases of the organism, (b) Different freeze-thaw protocols for C-PC extraction, (c) The effect of pH on chitosan affinity precipitation of impurities (chitosan concentration; 0.2% w/w), (d) The effect of chitosan concentration on purification of C-PC (pH 6.9), (e) The effect of activated charcoal concentration, (f) The effect of ammonium sulfate saturation extent on purity of the phycocyanin in the precipitate and supernatant, (g) The effect of ammonium sulfate saturation extent on concentration of the phycocyanin in the precipitate and supernatant, (h) Purity and concentration of C-PC in the eluted fractions through ion exchange chromatography; Values represented as mean ± SD. n = 3; Different small letters and different capital letters above the bars represent statically significance difference in purity and concentration of C-PC respectively.