Phycocyanin, one of the rare pigment protein in nature!

Phycocyanin(also called Spirulina Blue, Spirulina Extract) is a pigment-protein complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family. It is extracted from Spirulina platensis, which is a natural, water soluble and non-toxic food pigment.

Phycocyanin is widely used as food and cosmetics senior natural pigment, and made into biochemical drugs. It also can be prepared as a fluorescent probe for the photodynamic researches of biology and cytology.