Purification and characterization of selenium-containing phycocyanin from selenium-enriched Spirulina platensis

Selenium-containing phycocyanin was purified from selenium-enriched Spirulina platensis by fast protein liquid chromatography and characterized by UV-VIS and fluorescence spectrometry, SDS-PAGE, HPLC, MALDI-TOF-TOF mass spectrometry and ICP-AES analysis.