Fungal lycopene: The biotechnology of its production and prospects for its application in medicine

Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 629-633

  Feofilova, E P ^a   Tereshina, V M ^a   Memorskaya, A S ^a   Dul'kin, L M ^b   Goncharov, N G ^b  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Lycopene; Mycelial fungi; Oncology

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 33751581740     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261706060014     Document Type: Review

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