FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 159-162.

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Studies on Separation and Scavenging Activities on Free Radicals of Phycobiliproteins from Gracilaria Lemaneiformis

 CHEN  Mei-Zhen, ZHANG  Yong-Yu, YU  Jie, XIE  Xiong-Bin   

  1. Department of Biology, Shantou University
  • Online:2004-03-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: The crude phycobiliproteins were got from water extraction of smashed cells of Gracilaria lemaneiformis wereprecipitated in ammonium sulfate. Phycoerythrin could be separated through chromatographed the crude phycobiliproteins bySephadex G-100 column, and it appeared only one band in the polyacrlamide gel electrophoresis. Molecular weights of subunitsof the phycoerythrin are 18000Da and 24000Da that were measured by SDS-PAGE. The PE possessed an absorption maxi-mum at 570nm and it belongs to R-PE type Ⅰ.The scavenging activities of the crude phycobiliproteins and the PE on OH ofFenton reaction and O2• f Luminol reaction were studied.The results showed that the crude phycobiliproteins and the PE bothcould scavenge free radicals, but their abilities were different.

Key words: gracilaria lemaneiformis, phycobiliproteins, separation, absorption spectrum, free radical