Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s greenish-blue pigment pyocyanin: its production and biological activities
Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 A subject of great interest is the bioprospecting of microorganisms and their bioactive byproducts, such as pigments. Microbial pigments have various benefits, including being safe to use due to their natural makeup, having therapeutic effects, and being
Ahmed A. Abdelaziz +3 more
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Journal of Biological Research, 2023 Biotechnological research is currently focused on obtaining preparations based on natural pigments due to their properties and positive impact on human and animal health.
Alina Beșliu +4 more
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Biological Activities of Pigments from Aspergillus nidulans
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2023 The biological activity shown by fungal pigments is of significance for broadening their applications. In the current research, both cellular and secretory pigments produced by Aspergillus nidulans were separated by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and detected by UV-Visible spectroscopy.
B. N. Narendrababu, S. Shishupala
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Bio-Preparation and Regulation of Pyrrole Structure Nano-Pigment Based on Biomimetic Membrane
Nanomaterials, 2019 Microbial pigments, regarded as the most potential biomass pigments, have lately attracted increasing attention in textile dyeing due to their sustainability and cleaner production.
Jixian Gong +5 more
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Fungal Pigments and Their Roles Associated with Human Health
Journal of Fungi, 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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Evidence of late Quaternary environmental change in a continental east Antarctic lake from lacustrine sedimentary pigment distributions [PDF]
, 2005 A sediment core from Progress Lake, one of the oldest lacustrine sequences in East Antarctica, contains distinct zones dating from a previous interglacial (most likely Marine Isotope Stage 5e, c.
Hodgson, D A, Keely, B J, Squier, A H
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Bacterial Pigments: The Bioactivities and as an Alternative for Therapeutic Applications
Natural Product Communications, 2018 Synthetic pigments have been widely used in various applications since the 1980s. However, the hyperallergenicity or carcinogenicity effects of synthetic dyes have led to the increased research on natural pigments.
Adzzie-Shazleen Azman +2 more
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Investigation of dyeing based on pandanus amaryllifolius for superhydrophobic coating in cotton-polyester blended in textile application [PDF]
, 2020 Natural dyes are derived from natural resources. Colouring materials obtained from natural resources of plant, animal, mineral, and microbial origins were used for colouration of various textile materials.
Chew, Gin Yan +3 more
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Types and Distribution of Bioactive Polyunsaturated Aldehydes in a Gradient from Mesotrophic to OligotrophicWaters in the Alborán Sea (Western Mediterranean) [PDF]
, 2020 Polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) are bioactive molecules suggested as chemical defenses and infochemicals. In marine coastal habitats, diatoms reach high PUA production levels during bloom episodes.
Bartual Magro, Ana +11 more
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Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs [PDF]
, 2019 We examined lens and brille transmittance, photoreceptors, visual pigments, and visual opsin gene sequences of viperid snakes with and without infrared-sensing pit organs. Ocular media transmittance is high in both groups.
Douglas, R. H. +12 more
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