Fungal Pigments and Their Roles Associated with Human Health [PDF]
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Fungi can produce myriad secondary metabolites, including pigments. Some of these pigments play a positive role in human welfare while others are detrimental.
Lan Lin, Jianping Xu
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Fungal Pigments: Potential Coloring Compounds for Wide Ranging Applications in Textile Dyeing [PDF]
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Synthetic pigments/non-renewable coloring sources used normally in the textile industry release toxic substances into the environment, causing perilous ecological challenges.
Chidambaram Kulandaisamy Venil +2 more
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Fungal Pigments and Their Prospects in Different Industries [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2019 The public’s demand for natural, eco-friendly, and safe pigments is significantly increasing in the current era. Natural pigments, especially fungal pigments, are receiving more attention and seem to be in high demand worldwide.
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Safety Evaluation of Fungal Pigments for Food Applications [PDF]
Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Pigments play a major role in many industries. Natural colors are usually much safer when compared to synthetic colors and may even possess some medicinal benefits. Synthetic colors are economical and can easily be produced compared to natural colors. In
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Production of Fungal Pigments: Molecular Processes and Their Applications [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Due to the negative environmental and health effects of synthetic colorants, pigments of natural origins of plants and microbes constitute an abundant source for the food, cosmetic, textile, and pharmaceutical industries.
Lan Lin, Jianping Xu
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Fungal Pigments: Carotenoids, Riboflavin, and Polyketides with Diverse Applications [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Natural pigments and colorants have seen a substantial increase in use over the last few decades due to their eco-friendly and safe properties. Currently, customer preferences for more natural products are driving the substitution of natural pigments for
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Molecular Characterization of Fungal Pigments [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 The industrial application of pigments of biological origin has been gaining strength over time, which is mainly explained by the increased interest of the consumer for products with few synthetic additives.
Miriam S. Valenzuela-Gloria +5 more
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Fungal Pigments: More Insights from Colorful Fungi [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Following the previous Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X) Fungal Pigments Special Issue edited and published in 2017 (weblink https://www [...]
Laurent Dufossé
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Aqueous Two-Phase System Extraction of Polyketide-Based Fungal Pigments Using Ammonium- or Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids for Detection Purpose: A Case Study [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2020 Demand for microbial colorants is now becoming a competitive research topic for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutics industries. In most applications, the pigments of interest such as polyketide-based red pigments from fungal submerged cultures are ...
Juliana Lebeau +4 more
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From Pigment Chemistry to Nanomaterials: Fungal Pigments as Reducing and Stabilizing Agents in Green Nanoparticle Synthesis [PDF]
MicroorganismsFungal pigments have gained attention as eco-friendly and versatile materials for green nanotechnology because of their varied chemical structures, inherent redox properties, and strong metal ion-binding capabilities. These pigments, such as polyketides,
Akshay Chavan +4 more
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