Article
Factors that effect antioxidant activity of C-phycocyanins from Spirulina platensis
2005-06-01
Abstract excerpt
Currently, antioxidants are added in the human diet to prevent free radical-induced cell damage, and there has been an explosive interest in the use of antioxidant nutritional supplements. The effects of different factors on the antioxidant activity of phycocyanins (PCs) were studied. The results showed that PCs generated hydroxyl radicals in the light, while scavenging them in the dark. When PCs were denatured by...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 32c11b5d-70a8-50eb-94f1-8d33cac057e6
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2005.00035.x
