Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental and industrial cumulative pollutant that most affects many organs specially the liver. The protective effect of Spirulina, filamentous blue green algae, on Cd – induced oxidative stress and hepatotoxicity was evaluated in male rats. Oral administration of water extract of Spirulina for seven days followed by an acute toxic dose of Cd (3.5 mg kg b.wt. ), reduced ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Spirulina supplementation, sire breed and sex on the wool characteristics of purebred and crossbred Merino weaned lambs under a single pasture-based management system. Lambs sired by Merino, White Suffolk, Dorset, Black Suffolk breeds were randomly allocated into 3 treatments – the control group grazing without Spirulina (0 mL), low (100...

Phycocyanin (PC) is a bioactive compound that can function as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and anti-cancer agent. It act potential material in preventing COVID-19 curing those suffering from it. Spirulina platensis (SP) one of the microalgae rich proteins PC. This study aimed to determine optimum PC extraction SP, using distilled water solvent through freezing-thawing pr...

Spirulina spp. is an alga from phylum Cyanobacteria that have multi-benefit due to their potential compounds like protein, carbohydrate, lipid, mineral, pigment, and phenolic compounds. Several types of research already describe capacity as antioxidant, anti-inflammation, antimicrobial agent, thus expand its application a food source, cosmeceutical, pharmaceutical compound. This study observed ...

An eleven-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the growth effect of partial replacement of fishmeal by the microalga Spirulina platensis in the diet of juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone). The results clearly indicate that Spirulina platensis constitutes an effective food ingredient for shrimp. Growth rates of a Spirulina-fed group differed highly significantly (p...

In reaction to the environmental issues caused by plastics of petrochemical beginning, a decrease in utilization these materials and their substitution biodegradable polymers has been sought. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), biopolymer biological beginning that place polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), is comparable polypropylene terms its mechanical properties, thermo degradability dissolving temperature....