Monascus pigments

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1421-1440

  Feng, Yanli ^a   Shao, Yanchun ^a   Chen, Fusheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical structure; Molecular biology; Monascus; Pigment; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICANCER PROPERTIES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; DETECTION METHODS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PIGMENT; NATURAL FOOD; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PIGMENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

METABOLITES;

ANKAFLAVIN; CARBON; FK17 P2B2; FOOD DYE; MAGNESIUM; MONASCIN; MONASCORUBRIN; MONASCUS PIGMENT; MONASCUSONE A; MONASCUSONE B; N GLUCOSYLMONASCORUBRAMINE; N GLUCOSYLRUBROPUNCTAMINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RUBROPUNCTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTAGENICITY; OBESITY; PIGMENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONASCUS; NONHUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONASCUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

CHINA; JAPAN;

MONASCUS;

EID: 84871041409     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4504-3     Document Type: Review

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