What is phycocyanin?
Phycocyanin, the most precious component of spirulina, has many effects.
Our Swiss liquid phycocyanin, made in Switzerland, provides a concentrated 80 mg of phycocyanin per dose.
Phycocyanin is a blue pigment bound to a carrier protein, naturally present in spirulina. For you to benefit from all its effects, the pigment must be separated from its protein so that it can be absorbed in the intestine.
Unfortunately, with dried spirulina, this separation takes a long time (around 36 hours in vivo). Because the pigment reaches the part of the gut where phycocyanin is absorbed much sooner than that, very little of the phycocyanin in dried spirulina is absorbed and therefore used. The pigment is then broken down by digestion and assimilated like any other compound, without being able to exert its particular activity. Taking dried spirulina for its phycocyanin content is therefore pointless.
By contrast, a phycocyanin concentrate provides the pigment in free form (not bound to its carrier protein), which the body can absorb directly. With this type of phycocyanin extract, the pigment is ideally absorbed, allowing it to deliver its many effects to the full.
Find out more: What is spirulina made of?
The benefits of phycocyanin
1. Immunity
The vitamin B12 in phycocyanin contributes to the normal function of the immune system. It is suitable for both adults and children.
2. Oxygen transport
The vitamin B12 in phycocyanin contributes to normal red blood cell formation. Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body.
This makes phycocyanin particularly recommended for people who do sport.
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