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Foods, 2023 Ergosterol is an important sterol commonly found in edible mushrooms, and it has important nutritional value and pharmacological activity. Ergosterol is a provitamin.
Panthakarn Rangsinth +2 more
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Ergosterol-Enriched Liposomes with Post-Processing Modifications for Serpylli Herba Polyphenol Delivery: Physicochemical, Stability and Antioxidant Assessment [PDF]
PharmaceuticsBackground/Objectives: In the present study, ergosterol, a novel natural and animal-free alternative sterol, was investigated, and its effects on liposomal properties were assessed.
Aleksandra A. Jovanović +6 more
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Unraveling Unique Effect of Ergosterol on Lipid Membranes, and What We Can Do with the Future STS [PDF]
Structural DynamicsErgosterol, a critical component of fungal membranes, has traditionally been thought to influence membrane properties in much the same way as cholesterol because of their similar structures.
Shuo Qian +4 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Ergosterol, a terpenoid compound produced by fungi, is an economically important metabolite serving as the direct precursor of steroid drugs. Herein, ergsosterol biosynthetic pathway modification combined with storage capacity enhancement was proposed to
Zhi-Jiao Sun +8 more
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Molecules, 2023 Inflammation caused by microglial activation is important in neurodegenerative diseases. In this research, we tried to identify safe and effective anti-neuroinflammatory agents by screening a natural compounds library and found that Ergosterol can ...
Ping Sun +10 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 Ergosterol (ERG) is a potential target for the development of antifungal agents against Penicillium digitatum, the pathogen of green mold in citrus fruits.
Qiuli OuYang +5 more
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Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Maǧallaẗ al-baṣraẗ al-ʻulūm al-zirāʻiyyaẗ, 2022 Ergosterol is an important provitamin in the present-day of industrial biotechnology. Seven yeast strains were obtained from the market of Basrah city and subjected to screening for their ergosterol production ability using liquid-state fermentation, the
Esraa S. Ethafa, Alaa J. A. Al-Manhel
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A Mechanism by which Ergosterol Inhibits the Promotion of Bladder Carcinogenesis in Rats
Biomedicines, 2020 We previously showed that ergosterol has an inhibitory effect on bladder carcinogenesis. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism by which ergosterol inhibits bladder carcinogenesis using a rat model of N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl ...
Nobutomo Ikarashi +5 more
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Ergosterol purification from basidiomes of Clouded Agaric (Clitocybe nebularis (Fr.) Kumm.)
Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2014 Ergosterol (ergosta-5 ,7,22-trien-3β-ol ) is a compound found only in fungi. Ergosterol has medical interest, as it is easily converted into Vitamin D2. In the previous work we have studied 22 species of true fungi. The highest quantity of ergosterol was
V. O. Antonyuk
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Abnormal Ergosterol Biosynthesis Activates Transcriptional Responses to Antifungal Azoles
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Fungi transcriptionally upregulate expression of azole efflux pumps and ergosterol biosynthesis pathway genes when exposed to antifungal agents that target ergosterol biosynthesis.
Chengcheng Hu +9 more
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