Table 6.
Potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds identified by HPLC-DAD or LC-MS/MS in the extracts of the nine cyanobacteria strains isolated from Balaruc’s thermal mud. MAAs: Mycosporine-like Amino Acids. “+” and “-” indicate the detection or not of the gene clusters.
| Class | Compound |
P. raciborskii PMC 877.14 |
Laspinema sp. PMC 878.14 |
M. vaginatus PMC 879.14 |
L. martensiana PMC 880.14 |
Nostoc sp. PMC 881.14 |
Aliinostoc sp. PMC 882.14 |
L. boryana PMC 883.14 |
Calothrix sp. PMC 884.14 |
P. couteii PMC 885.14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAAs (antioxidant) |
Mycosporine-glycine | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | + | - |
| Mycosporine-ornithine | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | |
| Nostoc-756 | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | |
| Shinorine | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | |
| Carotenoids (antioxidant) |
Canthaxanthin | - | - | + | + | - | + | + | + | + |
| Myxoxanthophyll-like | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | |
| Zeaxanthin | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | - | + | |
| β-carotene | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Chlorophylls (antioxidant) |
Chlorophyll a | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Bacteriochlorophyll a | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Phycobiliproteins (antioxidant) |
Phycocyanin (Anti-inflammatory) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Allophycocyanin | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Phycoerythrin | + | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | |
| Phycoerythrobilin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | + | |
| Aeruginosins (anti-inflammatory) |
Aeruginosin TR642 | - | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| Antioxidant | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
| Anti-inflammatory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |