Isolation of biopterin-α-glucoside from Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis and its physiologic function

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Noguchi, Yukinori ^a   Ishii, Asako ^a   Matsushima, Ayako ^a   Haishi, Daisuke ^a   Yasumuro, Ken Ichi ^a   Moriguchi, Tomohisa ^b   Wada, Takeshi ^b   Kodera, Yoh ^a   Hiroto, Misao ^a   Nishimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Sekine, Mitsuo ^b   Inada, Yuji ^a  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterin glucoside; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll a; Cyanobacteria; Phycocyanin; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL A; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOCYANIN; SPECTROMETRY;

CYANOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0032768177     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011769     Document Type: Article

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