Product Name
Phycocyanin Blue Colored Pigment Natural Coloring Agent
Solubility
Soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol and grease
Description
Phycocyanin is the pigment protein complex from the light harvesting phycobiliprotein family along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. Phycocyanin is a blue coloured pigment, has major potential as an antioxidant, natural colouring agent, enhancing immunity and has unique antiviral, anticancer property and antimicrobial activity. Antimicrobial activity of cyanobacteria is due to its phycocyanin pigment.
Applications
1. Phycocyanin now is widely used in food additives, it can be added to smoothies, juices, confectioneries,noodles,ice cream,coffe and many other recipes. It is commonly used in the food industry to add a blue color to sweets.
2. At present market, the blue velvet latte is popular, the color blue is just from Phycocyanin.
Module Contents
30% Trehalose, 5% Sodium citrate
Max Absorption Peak
λ620±5 nm
Fluorescence excitation peak
λ647 nm
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