The invention relates to an extraction method of spirulina
phycocyanin. The method comprises the following steps of:
processing spirulina
powder suspension by adopting a freeze thaw method and a
machine crushing process to obtain spirulina
cell disruption liquid; performing fractional
salting out to precipitate the spirulina
cell disruption liquid with 30 percent
ammonium sulfate liquid and 50 percent
ammonium sulfate liquid to obtain
phycocyanin coarse extract liquid 1; adding PEG 20000 (
polyethylene glycol 20000) and NaCl to further precipitate out
phycocyanin coarse extract with higher purity; dissolving the phycocyanin coarse extract with
phosphate buffer to prepare phycocyanin coarse extract liquid 2; and extracting the phycocyanin coarse extract liquid with PEG 20000 / Na2SO4 aqueous two-water-phase
system, and desalting extracted lower phase by
dialysis to obtain phycocyanin fine extract liquid, and lyophilizing to prepare a phycocyanin finished product. The method is simple in extraction process and low in cost, and is suitable for intermittent and scale production
processing of high-purity and high-yield spirulina phycocyanin finished product. The phycocyanin coarse extract can be stored for a long time, and the phycocyanin finished product which is prepared by further purification has excellent
antioxidant free radical
scavenging effect and fluorescent strength.