Evaluation of antioxidants, pigments and secondary metabolites contents in Spirulina platensis

Spirulina platenisis was screened for antioxidant activity, water soluble pigments (phycobiliproteins) and secondary metabolites. Successive extraction by hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol (70) and water was carried out. Ethyl acetate extract demostrated high antioxidant activity with both...

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Main Authors: Ali, H.E.A., Shanab, S.M.M., Abo-State, M.A.M., Shalaby, E.A.A., El Demerdash, U.M.N., Abdullah, M.A.
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.31911 /
Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd 2014
Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84914155122&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMM.625.160&partnerID=40&md5=d258290423bed65338c2ea6c9bcec8c0
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/31911/
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Summary: Spirulina platenisis was screened for antioxidant activity, water soluble pigments (phycobiliproteins) and secondary metabolites. Successive extraction by hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol (70) and water was carried out. Ethyl acetate extract demostrated high antioxidant activity with both 2,2´-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging (47±0.32) and β- Carotene-linoleic acid bleaching assays (93.64±0.25),while, it showed very low antioxidant activity with 2, 2´-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging method. Relatively high phycobiliproteins (0.16±0.01 mg ml-1), total phenolic content (21.88±1.67 mg GAE g-1 dry wt.), total alkaloids (3.02±0.06) and total terpenoids (0.14±0.00) were determined. © 2014 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.