Background: Isolation of methyl gamma linolenate from Spirulina platensis using flash chromatography and its apoptosis inducing effect against human lung carcinoma A549 cell lines. Methods: Gamma linolenic acid is an important omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) of medicinal interest was isolated from microalgae Spirulina platensis using flash chromatography system (Isolera system) as its...

BACKGROUND Isolation of methyl gamma linolenate from Spirulina platensis using flash chromatography and its apoptosis inducing effect against human lung carcinoma A- 549 cell lines. METHODS Gamma linolenic acid is an important omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) of medicinal interest was isolated from microalgae Spirulina platensis using flash chromatography system (Isolera system) as i...

Resonance-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectra are recorded for monomers and trimers of phycocyanin from three different cyanobacteria: Westieflopsis prolijica, Mastigoc/adu.s faminosus and Spirulina platensis. It is shown that upon aggregation from monomer to trimer the electronic structures of both the a84 and 684 chromophores are changed. The spectra of the trimers originating from S....

The influence of culture temperature and the concentration of sodium nitrate (NaNO3) on the gas-chromatographic profile of the fatty acids of the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis was evaluated. We found that temperature was the most important factor and that the greatest amount of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) was obtained at 30 degrees C, the fatty acid profile of the Spirulina cult...

In this work, hypercholesterolemia was induced in rabbits by feeding them a high cholesterol diet (CD, 350 mg/d) and the effects of supplementing this diet with 0.5 g/d Spirulina platensis was evaluated by measuring the levels of serum total-cholesterol (TC), triacylglycerols (TAG) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol) at the start of the experiment and after 30 d and 60 d. It was foun...

Background: Malnutrition is a major global public health issue and its impact on communities and individuals is more dramatic in ­Sub-Saharan­Africa,­where­it­is­compounded­by­widespread­poverty­and­generalized­high­prevalence­of­human­immunodeficiency­ virus (HIV). Therefore, malnutrition should be addressed through a multisectorial approach, and malnourished individuals should have­ access­ t...

Total lipid contents of green (Chlorella pyrenoidosa, C), red (Porphyra tenera, N; Palmaria palmata, D), and brown (Laminaria japonica, K; Eisenia bicyclis, A; Undaria pinnatifida, W, WI; Hizikia fusiformis, H) commercial edible algal and cyanobacterial (Spirulina platensis, S) products, and autotrophically cultivated samples of the green microalga Chlorella kessleri (CK) and the cyanobacterium...

Spirulina platensis, a filamentous, multicellular microalga, is grown in certain countries as food for human and animal consumption. It is also used to derive additives in pharmaceuticals and foods. The present study was undertaken to examine the immunomodulatory effect of S. platensis in collagen induced arthritis (CIA) in rats. From the zero day of induction of arthritis, S. platensis (200 an...