Determination of phycobiliproteins by constant-wavelength synchronous spectrofluorimetry method in red algae

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Phycobiliproteins are pigment–protein complexes, brilliant-colored and water soluble, existing in cyanobacteria and red algae. They have a great interest in food technology, food supplements, and pharmaceutical applications. Therefore it is important to have a fast, easy, and reliable method to determine the content of phycoerythrin (PE), phycocyanin (PC), and allophycocyanin (APC) in red algae. The samples are ground, extracted in phosphate buffer (pH 6.8), centrifuged, and the fluorescence scan of the supernatant is recorded. Optimum excitation-emission wavelength intervals (Δλ) for synchronous spectrofluorimetric analysis of the three phycobiliproteins were 10 nm for PE (LD = 10.9 × 10−3 mg/l) and APC (LD = 0.5 mg/l) and 40 nm for PC (LD = 0.77 mg/l). Algae analyzed contain PC and PE
Las ficobiliproteínas son complejos de proteínas y pigmentos, de color brillante y solubles en agua, existentes en las cianobacterias y algas rojas, de gran interés debido al gran número de aplicaciones en la tecnología de los alimentos, complementos alimenticios en la industria farmacéutica y en clínica. Por ello es necesario disponer de un método rápido, fácil y fiable para determinar el contenido de ficoeritrina, ficocianina y aloficocianina en algas rojas. Las muestras se trituran y se extraen en tampón fosfato (pH 6,8), se centrifugan y se registra el espectro espectrofluorimétrico del sobrenadante. El intervalo óptimo entre la longitud de onda de excitación y emisión (Δλ) para el análisis mediante espectrofluorimetría sincrónica de las tres ficobiliproteínas fué 10 nm para la ficoeritrina (LD = 10,9 × 10−3 mg/l) y aloficocianina (LD = 0,5 mg/l) y 40 nm para la ficocianina (LD = 0,77 mg/l). Se ha determinado la presencia de ficocianina y ficoeritrina en las algas analizadas

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María-Asunción Lage-Yusty, Patricia Caramés-Adán & Julia López-Hernández (2013), CyTA - Journal of Food, 11:3, 243-247

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This work was supported by the Project 09TAL023203PR funded by the Xunta de Galicia. The technical assistance of P. Ferraces Casais is gratefully acknowledged

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