Just found a cool new journal just starting in 2011: Biomedicine & Preventive Nutrition
Not tons of fun to search yet since there is only 2011 content to search so far, still I am looking forward to it.
Here is one article intro quote, just to wet your appetite:
“Introduction
Blue green algae such as Spirulina species contain C-PC (C-PC).
C-PC is a blue photosynthetic pigment that has both nutritional and
medicinal properties. It has been reported that phycocyanin has
antioxidant, antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective, radical scavenging
properties and neuroprotective effects [1–6]. There is an inverse
relationship between the antioxidative status and the occurrence
of human diseases [7,8]. Therefore, identifying antioxidant compounds
has been an important research topic…”
(Artitle title: C-phycocyanin from Spirulina maxima protects hepatocytes against oxidative damage induced by H2O2 in vitro
Pages 8-11
Authors: Yu Ou, Shan Zheng, Lin Lin, Qian Li)
