The cyanobacterial UV-absorbing pigment scytonemin displays radical-scavenging activity

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Matsui, Kei ^a   Nazifi, Ehsan ^a   Hirai, Yosuke ^a   Wada, Naoki ^a   Matsugo, Seiichi ^a   Sakamoto, Toshio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Environmental adaptation; Nostoc commune; Terrestrial cyanobacterium; UV A

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PIGMENT; SCAVENGER; SCYTONEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANHYDROBIOSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC COMMUNE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PURIFICATION; QUORUM SENSING; RADIATION ABSORPTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; CYANOBACTERIA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INDOLES; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 84861217876     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.58.137     Document Type: Article

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