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The Realm of Microbial Pigments in the Food Color Market [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Colors are added to food items to make them more attractive and appealing. Food colorants therefore, have an impressive market due to the requirements of food industries. A variety of synthetic coloring agents approved as food additives are available and
Babita Rana +4 more
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Microbial Pigments in the Food Industry—Challenges and the Way Forward [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2019 Developing new colors for the food industry is challenging, as colorants need to be compatible with a food flavors, safety, and nutritional value, and which ultimately have a minimal impact on the price of the product.
Tanuka Sen +2 more
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Natural Pigments of Microbial Origin [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 The world demands new solutions and products to be used as dyes for industrial applications. Microbial pigments represent an eco-friendly alternative as they can be produced in large amounts through biotechnological processes and do not present ...
Maria Elisa Pailliè-Jiménez +2 more
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Microbial Pigments: Major Groups and Industrial Applications
Microorganisms, 2023 Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important source of pigments.
João Vitor de Oliveira Barreto +4 more
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STUDY OF MICROBIAL PIGMENTS AS ANTIDANDRUFF AGENTS [PDF]
INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH, 2020 Dandruff is common problem affecting human beings and thus hair care industries are focusing on development of antidandruff agents. Malassezia species, lipophilic yeasts are the main causative agents of dandruff. Currently Zinc pyrithione, Ketoconazole are widely used as antidandruff agents.
Devyani Mali, Bela Nabar
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Microbial production of textile grade pigments
African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2017 Biological pigments or biochromes are substances produced by living organisms and have a color resulting from selective color absorption. A total of 37 isolates of Actinomycetes and 2 bacteria were isolated from 26 different soil samples collected from different habitats of Kerala. The isolates were screened for pigment production.
Sadasivan Nair A. +2 more
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Agro-Industrial Residues: Eco-Friendly and Inexpensive Substrates for Microbial Pigments Production
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Many commodities are abundantly produced around the world, including soybean, corn, rice sugarcane, cassava, coffee, fruits, and many others. These productions are responsible for the generation of enormous amounts of daily residues, such as cassava and ...
Fernanda C Lopes
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MICROBIAL PIGMENTS AND THE IMPORTANT FOR FOOD INDUSTRY
Erzincan Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2016 The successful marketing of natural pigments derived from microorganisms and microalgae or extracted from flowering plants, both as food colorants and nutritional supplements, reflects the presence, and importance of markets in which consumers are willing to pay a premium for “natural healthy ingredients”.
Filiz Yangılar, PINAR OGUZHAN YILDIZ
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Fungal and Bacterial Pigments: Secondary Metabolites with Wide Applications
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The demand for natural colors is increasing day by day due to harmful effects of some synthetic dyes. Bacterial and fungal pigments provide a readily available alternative source of naturally derived pigments.
Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao, Wen-jun Li
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Insights into the synthesis, engineering, and functions of microbial pigments in Deinococcus bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe ability of Deinococcus bacteria to survive in harsh environments, such as high radiation, extreme temperature, and dryness, is mainly attributed to the generation of unique pigments, especially carotenoids. Although the limited number of natural pigments produced by these bacteria restricts their industrial potential, metabolic engineering and ...
Yuxian Wang +7 more
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