Characterization of a corrinoid compound in the edible (blue-green) alga, Suizenji-nori.
The edible blue-green alga (cyanobacterium), Suizenji-nori, contained 143.8+/-22.4 microg of vitamin B(12) per 100 g dry weight of the alga (mean+/-SE, n=4). A corrinoid compound was purified from the dried Suizenji-nori, and partially characterized. The silica gel 60 TLC and reversed-phase HPLC patterns of the purified corrinoid compound were not identical to those of true vitamin B(12), but to those of pseudovitamin B(12) which is inactive for humans.
Watanabe
Fumio
F
School of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Tottori University. watanabe@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
Miyamoto
Emi
E
Fujita
Tomoyuki
T
Tanioka
Yuri
Y
Nakano
Yoshihisa
Y
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D045728:Corrinoids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000737:chemistry*
D045728:Corrinoids