Screening of medicinal higher basidiomycetes mushrooms from Turkey for lovastatin production

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Atli, Burcu ^a   Yamac, Mustafa ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Higher basidiomycetes; Hypercholesterolemic agent; Lovastatin; Medicinal mushrooms; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL EXTRACT; MEVINOLIN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGUS CULTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; OMPHALOTUS OLEARIUS; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; OMPHALOTUS OLEARIUS; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LOVASTATIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84863766343     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v14.i2.30     Document Type: Article

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