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Controlled-Humidity Air-Drying Enhances C-Phycocyanin Retention and its Antioxidant Properties in Dried <i>Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis</i> Biomass

Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 2. C-PC yields inextracts from different dry Spirulina preparations with respectivepurity indices and Chl separation factors.

Dry preparations	C-PC yield (mg g^-1 DW)	Purity index (A*₆₂₀/A₂₈₀)	Chl Separation factor (A*₆₂₀/A₆₇₅)
FD	188.11 ± 0.49 ^ab	1.00 ± 0.01^a	11.35 ± 0.03 ^a
T₁H₁	191.79 ± 3.71^ab	0.97 ± 0.00^a	11.20 ± 0.05^a
T₁H₂	194.72 ± 4.08^a	0.97 ± 0.00^a	8.41 ± 0.03^c
T₁H₃	184.39 ± 4.03^b	0.95 ± 0.00^a	8.77 ± 0.02^bc
T₂H₁	159.33 ± 2.77^c	0.70 ± 0.00^b	9.13 ± 0.09^b
T₂H₂	158.80 ± 2.34^c	0.68 ± 0.00^b	6.61 ± 0.03^d
T₂H₃	143.25 ± 2.42^d	0.60 ± 0.00^c	3.05 ± 0.01^e
T₃H₁	108.98 ± 2.75^e	0.47 ± 0.00^d	2.33 ± 0.02^f
T₃H₂	118.16 ± 0.96^e	0.47 ± 0.00^d	2.20 ± 0.02^g
T₃H₃	114.30 ± 1.57^e	0.46 ± 0.01^d	1.90 ± 0.02^h

^{a, b}... Different letters in the same column differ significantly (p < 0.05) by the Tukey’s pairwise comparison test.