Pigments and Colorants from Filamentous Fungi

Caro, Yanis; Venkatachalam, Mekala; Lebeau, Juliana; Fouillaud, Mireille; Dufossé, Laurent

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25001-4_26

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“…Arpink red TM pigment (Natural red TM ) which is the first commercial red color from a fungus has been produced from the strain Penicillium oxalicum var. armeniaca CCM 8242 isolated from soil (Caro et al, 2017). Biosynthetically, many of these pigments are polyketides derivatives which are produced abundantly in the majority of the ascomycetous fungi.…”

Section: Fungi As a Source Of Pigmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On industrial scale, two major submerged fermentation techniques are mostly applied in order to discover metabolites of interest by amplifying their production from a laboratory to large scale. First is fed-batch approach (Caro et al, 2017) which primarily works like batch fermentation until the exhaustion of one or more substrates which are then renewed by addition of fresh medium through a targeted feeding regime. A fixed volume or variable volume of substrate or medium is then used accordingly (Li et al, 2000;Amanullah et al, 2010).…”

Section: Fermentation Optimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fungi as a Potential Source of Pigments: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi

2020

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Section: Fungi As a Source Of Pigmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fermentation Optimizationmentioning

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Fungi as a Potential Source of Pigments: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi

2020

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“…The Monascus fermented products and extracted compounds are known to use in cosmetic preparation, for their antioxidant and nutricosmetic potential. 19 During the study, red pigment (rubropunctamine) showed 67.6% ferric reduction potential as compared to 100% for standard antioxidant, ascorbic acid, and 3.2% for yellow pigments. Similarly, the DPPH assay revealed that 27% and 14.51% radical scavenging activity for red and yellow pigments, respectively.…”

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Prospective of Monascus Pigments as an Additive to Commercial Sunscreens

Koli

Suryawanshi

Mohite³

et al. 2019

Natural Product Communications

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Red and yellow pigments from Monascus purpureus (NMCC-PF01) were evaluated to enhance sun protection factor (SPF) of commercial sunscreens and Aloe vera extract. The extracted Monascus pigments contain rubropunctamine (red pigment) and the mixture of monascin and ankaflavin (yellow pigment) as major components. Antioxidant activity and in-vitro safety of the pigments were assessed by ferric reduction potential and DPPH radical scavenging assays, human keratinocytes (HaCaT), and erythrocytes (RBCs) cytotoxicity assay, respectively. In results, SPF of commercial sunscreens showed an increase of 36.5% with red pigment compared to the 13% increase by yellow pigment. The in-vitro studies showed 67.6% ferric reducing potential and 27% DPPH radical scavenging activity, neither cytotoxic effect against human keratinocytes nor haemolytic activity. These results confirmed the safe nature of the Monascus pigments; however, in-vivo studies merit further research. In conclusion, screened pigments from Monascus purpureus may act as potential candidates to increase SPF of commercial sunscreen naturally.

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“…Monascus purpureus is a filamentous fungus that produces a variety of secondary metabolites, including pigments, lipids, and monacolins. M. purpureus is most widely known for the fermentation of white rice to produce a deep red rice known as angkak or beni koji [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. More commonly, the fermented product is called “red yeast rice”, though Monascus species are more accurately molds.…”

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“…Additionally, factors like mycotoxins should considered; Monascus species, like Aspergillus and Penicillium , naturally synthesize the cytotoxic citrinin at low levels [ 29 , 30 ]. In the European Union (EU) and US, Monascus pigments are prohibited from use in food industries [ 3 , 31 , 32 ]. Still, many Monascus strains are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) in many Asian countries and the commercial interest in fermentation has led to easy access of RYR outside of Asia [ 6 , 11 , 33 ].…”

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Assimilation of Cholesterol by Monascus purpureus

Nguyen

Garrahan

Nance

et al. 2020

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Monascus purpureus, a filamentous fungus known for its fermentation of red yeast rice, produces the metabolite monacolin K used in statin drugs to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis. In this study, we show that active cultures of M. purpureus CBS 109.07, independent of secondary metabolites, use the mechanism of cholesterol assimilation to lower cholesterol in vitro. We describe collection, extraction, and gas chromatography-flame ionized detection (GC-FID) methods to quantify the levels of cholesterol remaining after incubation of M. purpureus CBS 109.07 with exogenous cholesterol. Our findings demonstrate that active growing M. purpureus CBS 109.07 can assimilate cholesterol, removing 36.38% of cholesterol after 48 h of incubation at 37 °C. The removal of cholesterol by resting or dead M. purpureus CBS 109.07 was not significant, with cholesterol reduction ranging from 2.75–9.27% throughout a 72 h incubation. Cholesterol was also not shown to be catabolized as a carbon source. Resting cultures transferred from buffer to growth media were able to reactivate, and increases in cholesterol assimilation and growth were observed. In growing and resting phases at 24 and 72 h, the production of the mycotoxin citrinin was quantified via high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV) and found to be below the limit of detection. The results indicate that M. purpureus CBS 109.07 can reduce cholesterol content in vitro and may have a potential application in probiotics.

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Pigments and Colorants from Filamentous Fungi

Cited by 38 publications

References 183 publications

Fungi as a Potential Source of Pigments: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi

Fungi as a Potential Source of Pigments: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi

Prospective of Monascus Pigments as an Additive to Commercial Sunscreens

Assimilation of Cholesterol by Monascus purpureus

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