Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant activity of melanin from a novel strain of Aspergillus bridgeri ICTF-201

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Kumar, C Ganesh ^a   Mongolla, P ^a   Pombala, S ^a   Kamle, A ^a   Joseph, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Aspergillus bridgeri; EPR spectroscopy; Melanin; Tricyclazole

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MELANIN; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ASPERGILLUS BRIDGERI; DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENES; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL-SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES; MELANIN PIGMENTS; NOVEL STRAINS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHIZOSPHERES SOIL; TRICYCLAZOLE;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 1,8 NAPHTHALENEDIOL; 4 HYDROXY 7 METHOXY 3 PHENYLCOUMARIN; 6 HYDROXYFLAVANONE; 7 HYDROXY 3,4,8 TRIMETHYLCOUMARIN; 7 HYDROXY 4 PHENYLCOUMARIN; ASCORBIC ACID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; KOJIC ACID; MELANIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PENICILLIC ACID; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; SCAVENGER; TRICYCLAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT; EVERGREEN TREE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGUS; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; MELANIN; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL TYPE; SOLVENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS BRIDGERI; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EUCALYPTUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ASPERGILLUS BRIDGERI; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 80051667119     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03116.x     Document Type: Article

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