C-Phycocyanin-a novel protein from - toxicity, antioxidant and immunomodulatory studies.

A pigment-protein highly dominant in Spirulina is known as C-Phycocyanin. Earlier, studies has shown that C-phycocyanin is having many biological activities like antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, antiplatelet, hepatoprotective, and cholesterol-lowering properties. Interestingly, there are scanty experimental findings on the immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects of C-phycocyanin. This work is aimed at evaluation of the effects of C-phycocyanin on immunomodulation and antioxidant potential in Balb/c mice. Our results of toxicity, immunomodulatory and antioxidant effects of C-Phycocyanin suggests that C-phycocyanin is very safe for consumption and having substantial antioxidant potential and also possess immunomodulatory activities in Balb/c mice in a dosage dependent manner. C-phycocyanin doesn't cause acute and subacute toxicity in the animal model (male, Balb/c mice) studied. We have reported that C-phycocyanin exhibited immunomodulation performance in this animal model.