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Journal Article 
Cyanobacterial pigments: Perspectives and biotechnological approaches 
Saini, DK; Pabbi, S; Shukla, P 
2018 
Yes 
Food and Chemical Toxicology
ISSN: 0278-6915
EISSN: 1873-6351 
Elsevier Ltd 
120 
616-624 
English 
Cyanobacteria are the oxygenic photosynthesis performing prokaryotes and show a connecting link between plastids of eukaryotic autotrophs and prokaryotes. A variety of pigments, like chlorophyll, carotenoids and phycobiliproteins which exhibit different colors are present in cyanobacteria. Increasing consciousness about the harmful effects of synthetic or chemical dyes encouraged people to give more preference towards the usage of natural products, such as plant or microbial-derived colors in food and cosmetics. That is why cyanobacteria are exploited as a source of natural colors and have high commercial value in many industries. This review mainly focuses on different cyanobacterial pigments, their applications and modern biotechnological approaches such as genetic engineering, systems biology to enhance the production of biopigments for their potential use in pharmaceuticals, food, research, and cosmetics industries. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd 
Biopigments; Chlorophyll; Cyanobacteria; Metabolic engineering; Phycobiliprotein; Systems biology; allophycocyanin; anatoxin a; astaxanthin; beta carotene; chlorophyll; chlorophyll a; chlorophyll b; chlorophyll d; chlorophyll f; fucoxanthin; lycopene; mevalonic acid; microcystin; natural product; phycocyanin; phycoerythrin; phycoerythrocyanin; pigment; poly(3 hydroxybutyric acid); scytonemin; unclassified drug; xanthophyll; zeaxanthin; antioxidant; carotenoid; phycobiliprotein; pigment; Arthrospira platensis; Article; carbon fixation; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; cosmetic industry; cyanobacterium; drug industry; genetic engineering; human; hydrolysis; hydrophilicity; immunofluorescence; metabolic engineering; nonhuman; photosystem I; photosystem II; proteomics; Pueraria; Pueraria montana; Synechocystis; Synechocystis salina; systems biology; transcriptomics; ultraviolet A radiation; biosynthesis; biotechnology; color; light; metabolic engineering; metabolism; systems biology; Antioxidants; Biotechnology; Carotenoids; Color; Cyanobacteria; Light; Metabolic Engineering; Phycobiliproteins; Pigments, Biological; Systems Biology 
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