Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A blue phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of cyanobacteria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blue coloring matter which is present, in addition to chlorophyl, in the cells of certain algæ, and imparts to them a bluish-green color, as in the Cyanophyceæ or Phycochromacæ. It is soluble in water, but insoluble in alcohol or ether.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A blue coloring matter found in certain algæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
pigment from thelight -harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along withallophycocyanin andphycoerythrin , an accessory pigment tochlorophyll .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blue pigment in algae
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Examples
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So while brown stercobilin, red phycoerythrin, green phycoverdin, and blue phycocyanin all have similar structures with lots of alternating bonds, the differences in color aren't necessarily closely tied to any one part of their structure.
Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009
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Blue-green algae available at most health-food stores contains omega fatty acids and the antioxidant phycocyanin and works similarly to a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Blue-green algae available at most health-food stores contains omega fatty acids and the antioxidant phycocyanin and works similarly to a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Ledon, N., and Garcia, I. "Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of C-phycocyanin from blue - green algae".
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Ledon, N., and Garcia, I. "Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of C-phycocyanin from blue - green algae".
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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Eucommia Bark (12: 1 extract; 54 mg) - Contains phycocyanin, a powerful anti-oxidant and immune enhancer & provides vegetarian pre-made glycogen, an energy source for our immune system.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Her goal is to develop a detection system based on the wavelength of light reflected from phycocyanin, the blue-green pigment that gives cyanobacteria their common name.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Most importantly, Cryptomonadales contains natural phycocyanin and PPARs agonists.
WN.com - Articles related to PNG to benefit from increased coffee prices 2010
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Most importantly, Cryptomonadales contains natural phycocyanin and PPARs agonists.
WN.com - Articles related to PNG to benefit from increased coffee prices 2010
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They are pigmented with allophycocyanins, phycocyanin, and phycoerythrin that are located in phycobilisomes.
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