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The effects of spirulina supplementation on preventing skeletal muscle damage on untrained human beings were examined. Sixteen students volunteered to take Spirulina platensis in addition to their normal diet for...
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Screening of Red Algae Filaments As a Potential Alternative Source of Eicosapentaenoic Acid
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High performance liquid chromatography of biliprotein from Bangia atropurpurea ‘Conchocelis’
Gel-filtration-purified R-phycoerythrin and phycocyanin from the filamentous phase of Bangia atropurpurea were subjected to high performance anion exchange chromatographic separation. The purified R-phycoerythrin...
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High performance liquid chromatography of biliprotein from Bangia atropurpurea ‘Conchocelis’
Gel-filtration-purified R-phycoerythrin and phycocyanin from the filamentous phase of Bangia atropurpurea were subjected to high performance anion exchange chromatographic separation. The purified R-phycoerythrin...
