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MeSH Heading: Phycocyanin
Tree Number(s): D05.500.562.488.490.500.500.755; D08.811.600.710.490.500.500.755; D12.776.765.650; D23.767.690
Unique ID: D010798
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010798
Annotation: plant pigment proteins
Scope Note: The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.
Entry Term(s): C-Phycocyanin
CAS Type 1 Name: Phycocyanins, C-
Previous Indexing: Bile Pigments (1971-1974); Pigments (1974); Plant Proteins (1971-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PIGMENTS 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under PIGMENTS 1975-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

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adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

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biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

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drug effects (DE)

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immunology (IM)

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standards (ST)

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therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Phycocyanin MeSH Descriptor Data 2025