Production of Melanins With Recombinant Microorganisms
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019 The melanins constitute a diverse group of natural products found in most organisms, having functions related to protection against chemical and physical stresses.
Luz María Martínez +2 more
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Fungal Melanins and Applications in Healthcare, Bioremediation and Industry
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Melanin is a complex multifunctional pigment found in all kingdoms of life, including fungi. The complex chemical structure of fungal melanins, yet to be fully elucidated, lends them multiple unique functions ranging from radioprotection and antioxidant ...
Ellie Rose Mattoon +2 more
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Melanins as Sustainable Resources for Advanced Biotechnological Applications
Global Challenges, 2021 Melanins are a class of biopolymers that are widespread in nature and have diverse origins, chemical compositions, and functions. Their chemical, electrical, optical, and paramagnetic properties offer opportunities for applications in materials science ...
Hanaa A. Galeb +8 more
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Antioxidative Properties of Melanins and Ommochromes from Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens
Biomolecules, 2019 A comparative study of melanin and ommochrome-containing samples, isolated from the black soldier fly (BSF) by enzymatic hydrolysis, alkaline and acid alcohol extraction or by acid hydrolysis, was carried out.
Nina Ushakova +4 more
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A histochemical assay for polyphenolic profiling in cereal grains [PDF]
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекцииIn different cell layers, cereal grains may accumulate various economically important polyphenols such as colored anthocyanins and melanins and colorless proanthocyanidins.
S. R. Mursalimov, O. Yu. Shoeva
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Melanins of Inonotus Obliquus: Bifidogenic and Antioxidant Properties
Biomolecules, 2019 Extracts and melanins from Inonotus obliquus are widely used in medicine due to their high antioxidant properties. This study is dedicated to define the influence of the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Inonotus obliquus melanins and their ...
Marina A. Burmasova +3 more
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Fungal melanins differ in planar stacking distances. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Melanins are notoriously difficult to study because they are amorphous, insoluble and often associated with other biological materials. Consequently, there is a dearth of structural techniques to study this enigmatic pigment.
Arturo Casadevall +3 more
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Anti-ultraviolet, antibacterial, and biofilm eradication activities against Cutibacterium acnes of melanins and melanin derivatives from Daedaleopsis tricolor and Fomes fomentarius [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Fomes fomentarius and Daedaleopsis tricolor produced significant amounts of water-insoluble melanins, and our previous study successfully enhanced their water solubility by arginine modification.
Tu N. Le +5 more
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Differential Antifungal Activity of Human and Cryptococcal Melanins with Structural Discrepancies
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Melanin is a pigment found in all biological kingdoms, and plays a key role in protection against ultraviolet radiation, oxidizing agents, and ionizing radiation damage. Melanin exerts an antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, and parasites.
Néstor Correa +12 more
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Melanins in fungi: Types, localization and putative biological roles
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 2017 Melanin is a secondary metabolite made up by complex heterogeneous polymers. Several classes of fungal melanins have been described like γ-glutaminyl-3,4-dihydroxy-benzene (GDHB)-, l -DOPA-(eumelanin), DHN-, catechol-melanin, pyomelanin, p-aminophenol ...
Mario Emilio Ernesto Franco +2 more
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