Parry's Phycocyanin is extracted from Parry's Organic Spirulina, which is one of the richest sources of phycocyanin.
- Phycocyanin is a blue colored pigment that belongs to the class of Phycobilli proteins found in Blue-Green algae.
- Parry's Phycocyanin is extracted from Parry's Organic Spirulina.
- Phycocyanin is obtained from the Greek words "Phyco" and "Kyanos" which mean "blue-green algae". This is largely due to the fact that the richest sources of phycocyanin in nature are blue-green microalgae like spirulina which is also rich in pigments like carotenoids and chlorophyll etc.
- Phycocyanin has found numerous applications in the pharmaceutical and food & beverage industry. It is used primarily in the latter as a natural coloring agent
- More recently phycocyanin was found to have major potential as a fluorescent marker and as an antioxidant in the health industry.
- Recent reports have also shown that phycocyanin may also play a major role in stem cell regeneration, especially in bone marrow and blood cells.