Phycocyanin
"Phycocyanin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.
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D010798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.500.562.488.490.500.500.755 D08.811.600.710.490.500.500.755 D12.776.765.650 D23.767.690
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phycocyanin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Park WS, Kim HJ, Li M, Lim DH, Kim J, Kwak SS, Kang CM, Ferruzzi MG, Ahn MJ. Two Classes of Pigments, Carotenoids and C-Phycocyanin, in Spirulina Powder and Their Antioxidant Activities. Molecules. 2018 Aug 17; 23(8).