C-Phycocyanin-a novel protein from - toxicity, antioxidant and immunomodulatory studies.

A pigment-protein highly dominant in Spirulina is known as C-Phycocyanin. Earlier, studies has shown that C-phycocyanin is having many biological activities like antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, antiplatelet, hepatoprotective, and cholesterol-lowering properties. Interestingly, there are scanty experimental findings on the immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects of C-phycocyanin.