Extraction of nutraceuticals from Spirulina (blue‐green alga): A bioorganic chemistry practice using thin‐layer chromatography

Spirulina is a blue-green alga (cyanobacteria) with high nutritive value. This work provides an innovative and original approach to the consideration of a bioorganic chemistry practice, using Spirulina for the separation of phytochemicals with nutraceutical characteristics via thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates. The aim is to bring together current research, theory, and practice, and always in accordance with pedagogical ideas. © 2015 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43(5):366–369, 2015.