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Diverse Effects of Amino Acids on Monascus Pigments Biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Amino acids could act as nitrogen sources, amido group donors, or bioactive molecules in fungi fermentation, and consequently, play important roles in Monascus pigments (MPs) biosynthesis. But the understanding of the effects of various amino acids on MPs biosynthesis is still incomprehensive.
Sheng Yin, Sheng Yin, Sheng Yin, Yiying Zhu, Bin Zhang, Baozhu Huang, Ru Jia   +6 more
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Metabolomics Analysis of the Effect of Glutamic Acid on Monacolin K Synthesis in Monascus purpureus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Monacolin K is a secondary metabolite produced by Monascus with beneficial effects on health, including the ability to lower cholesterol. We previously showed that the yield of monacolin K was significantly improved when glutamic acid was added to the ...
Chan Zhang, Chan Zhang, Nan Zhang, Mengxue Chen, Haijiao Wang, Jiachen Shi, Bei Wang, Bei Wang, Baoguo Sun, Baoguo Sun, Chengtao Wang, Chengtao Wang   +11 more
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Production of angkak through co-culture of Monascus purpureus and Monascus ruber [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2010
Angkak (red mold rice, red yeast rice, Chinese red rice) is a traditional Chinese medicine produced by solid-state fermentation of cooked non-glutinous rice with Monascus species. The secondary metabolite of Monascus species, monacolin K /lovastatin, has been proven to lower blood lipid levels. In this study, a co-culture of Monascus purpureus MTCC 369
Panda, Bibhu Prasad, Javed, Saleem, Ali, Mohd   +2 more
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Investigation of monacolin K, yellow pigments, and citrinin production capabilities of Monascus purpureus and Monascus ruber (Monascus pilosus)

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, 2023
Red mold rice (RMR) is a traditional Chinese medicine prepared using Monascus fermentation. Monascus ruber ( pilosus) and Monascus purpureus have a long history of use as food and medicine. As an economically important starter culture, the relationship between the taxonomy of Monascus and production capabilities of secondary metabolites is crucial for ...
Lin, Tzu-shing, Chiu, Shih-Hau, Chen, Chien-Chi, Lin, Chih-Hui   +3 more
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Optimizing Submerged Cultivation for the Production of Red Pigments by Monascus purpureus on Soybean Meals using Response Surface Methodology

Applied Food Biotechnology, 2020
Background and objective: Monascus purpureus is a filamentous fungus with ability to produce pigments with therapeutic properties. Red pigments are especially used as additives, antioxidants, preservatives and substitutions for nitrites in food ...
Hadiseh Keivani, Mahshid Jahadi, Nafiseh Ghasemisepero   +2 more
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Assimilation of Cholesterol by Monascus purpureus [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2020
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 ...
Theresa P. T. Nguyen, Margaret A. Garrahan, Sabrina A. Nance, Catherine E. Seeger, Christian Wong   +4 more
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Monascus spp.: a source of natural microbial color through fungal biofermentation [PDF]

, 2017
The search for naturally produced substitutes for chemical food colorants has led to a resurgence of interest in pigments synthesized by fungi such as Monascus spp.
Mohamad, Rosfarizan, Ariff, Arbakariya, Abdul Manan, Musaalbakri   +2 more
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Effect of γ-Heptalactone on the Morphology and Production of Monascus Pigments and Monacolin K in Monascus purpureus [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Monascus is used widely in Asian countries and produces various biologically active metabolites, such as Monascus pigments (MPs) and monacolin K (MK). In this study, the effect of γ-heptalactone on secondary metabolites and mycelial growth during Monascus purpureus M1 fermentation was investigated. After the addition of 50 μM γ-heptalactone, the yields
Ruoyu Shi, Qiaoqiao Luo, Yutong Liu, Wei Chen, Chengtao Wang   +4 more
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Analysis of secondary metabolite gene clusters and chitin biosynthesis pathways of Monascus purpureus with high production of pigment and citrinin based on whole-genome sequencing.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Monascus is a filamentous fungus that is widely used for producing Monascus pigments in the food industry in Southeast Asia. While the development of bioinformatics has helped elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying metabolic engineering of ...
Song Zhang, Xiaofang Zeng, Qinlu Lin, Jun Liu   +3 more
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Mannitol improves Monascus pigment biosynthesis with rice bran as a substrate in Monascus purpureus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
To reduce the production cost of Monascus pigments (MPs), the utilization of rice bran (RB), an agricultural waste product, as a substrate in submerged fermentation was conducted in this study. To improve MP production, different nutritional ingredients including mannitol (Man), NH4NO3 (AN), ZnSO4 (Zn), and optimization (Opti), which was a synthesis of
Di Chen, Han Li
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