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1. Mycotoxins occurrence and fungal populations in different types of silages for dairy cows in Spain

Author:
Rodríguez-Blanco, M.; Ramos, A.J.; Sanchis, V.; Marín, S.
Source:
Fungal biology 2021 v.125 no.2 pp. 103-114
ISSN:
1878-6146
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; European Union; Fusarium; Geotrichum; Penicillium; aflatoxins; corn silage; dairy cows; farms; feed contamination; fumonisins; fungi; lactic acid bacteria; water activity; Spain;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Silages constitute a major component of the feed ration for dairy cows, being a potential source of mycotoxins due to the possible contamination by filamentous fungi capable of producing these toxic compounds. In this study, samples of different kinds of silages collected from farms located in four regions of Spain, were analysed to evaluate the occurrence of aflatoxins (AFs) and Fusarium mycotoxi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.006

2. Monascus purpureus M-32 improves growth performance, immune response, intestinal morphology, microbiota and disease resistance in Litopenaeus vannamei

Author:
Wang, Pan; Chen, Shuqiong; Wei, Chengye; Yan, Qingpi; Sun, Yun-Zhang; Yi, Ganfeng; Li, Dong; Fu, Weilai
Source:
Aquaculture 2021 v.530 pp. 735947
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; Lactobacillus; Litopenaeus vannamei; amylases; antioxidant activity; disease resistance; feed additives; fermented foods; glutathione peroxidase; growth performance; histology; immune response; intestinal microorganisms; intestines; multidimensional scaling; red yeast rice; shrimp; superoxide dismutase; traditional foods; villi;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monascus purpureus M-32 was successfully isolated from the Chinese traditional food red mould rice, and its fermentation product was supplemented in the diet of Litopenaeus vannamei at different concentrations (T0: 0 g/kg; T1: 5 g/kg; T2: 10 g/kg and T3: 20 g/kg). After 8 weeks, the dietary administration of the M-32 fermentation product significantly decreased the FCR in groups T1 and T2 and sign ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735947

3. A novel predict-verify strategy for targeted metabolomics: Comparison of the curcuminoids between crude and fermented turmeric

Author:
Xiang, Xingliang; Song, Chengwu; Shi, Qingxin; Tian, Ji; Chen, Cheng; Huang, Jiaxin; She, Bo; Zhao, Xueyan; Huang, Rongzeng; Jin, Shuna
Source:
Food chemistry 2020 v.331 pp. 127281
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; Eurotium; bioavailability; fungi; metabolomics; turmeric;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Curcuminoids are the major bioactive constituents of turmeric, the application of which are limited by the poor bioavailability. In this study, turmeric was fermented by the Monascus purpureus and Eurotium cristatum fungi to enhance its bioavailability. To explore the variations in the curcuminoids contents in fermented turmeric, a targeted predict-verify strategy was established. For targeted ana ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127281

4. A New Compound from Monascus Floridanus

Author:
Cheng, Ming-Jen; Wu, Ho-Cheng; Wu, Ming-Der; Hsun-Hsuo-Chang,
Source:
Chemistry of natural compounds 2020 v.56 no.2 pp. 286-288
ISSN:
0009-3130
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; fungi; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; phytochemicals; pyrroles;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... A phytochemical investigation of the fungus Monascus floridanus resulted in a novel pyrrole compound, floridapyrrole. The structure of the new compound was identified by 1D, 2D NMR (COSY, NOESY, HSQC, and HMBC), mass spectrometry, and IR spectra. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10600-020-03008-z

5. Atrorosins: a new subgroup of Monascus pigments from Talaromyces atroroseus

Author:
Isbrandt, Thomas; Tolborg, Gerit; Ødum, Anders; Workman, Mhairi; Larsen, Thomas Ostenfeld
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2020 v.104 no.2 pp. 615-622
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; Talaromyces; amino acids; carboxylic acids; fermentation; fungi; isomers; pigments;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new series of azaphilone pigments named atrorosins have been isolated from the filamentous fungus Talaromyces atroroseus. Atrorosins have a similar azaphilone scaffold as the orange Monascus pigment PP-O, with a carboxylic acid group at C-1, but are unique by their incorporation of amino acids into the isochromene system. Despite that the atrorosin precursor PP-O, during fermentation, was initia ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-019-10216-3

6. Effects on the sporulation and secondary metabolism yields of Monascus purpureus with mokH gene deletion and overexpression

Author:
Zhang, Chan; Zhu, Qianqian; Zhang, Han; Zhang, Nan; Yang, Xuelian; Shi, Jiachen; Sun, Baoguo; Wang, Chengtao
Source:
Fungal biology 2020 v.124 no.7 pp. 661-670
ISSN:
1878-6146
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; biosynthesis; cholesterol; gene deletion; gene overexpression; humans; lovastatin; mycelium; secondary metabolites; sporulation;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monacolin K is a secondary metabolite of Monascus and is known to decrease cholesterol levels in humans. There are 9 genes (mokA-mokI) controlling its biosynthesis, of which mokH is thought to act as a pathway-specific regulator. In this study, the Monascus purpureus M1 strain was compared with mokH gene deletion strains (△H1) and overexpression strains (H7). The monacolin K yields in the △H1 stra ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funbio.2020.03.010

7. The alpha-amylase MrAMY1 is better than MrAMY2 in rice starch degradation, which promotes Monascus pigments production in Monascus ruber

Author:
Long, Chuannan; Cui, Jingjing; Xie, Shaobin; Zhang, Dongsheng; Liu, Mengmeng; Zhang, Zhe; Huang, Zhiwei; Zeng, Bin
Source:
3 Biotech 2020 v.10 no.2 pp. 45
ISSN:
2190-572X
Subject:
Monascus ruber,   etc   ; Aspergillus oryzae; alpha-amylase; glycosides; hydrolysis; introns; phylogeny; pigments; rice; rice starch; starch;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Previously, AoamyA, the alpha amylase-encoding gene from Aspergillus oryzae, was heterologously expressed in Monascus ruber CICC41233 to promote starch hydrolysis and increase the production of Monascus pigments. The target of this study is to screen the effective alpha-amylases from M. ruber for starch fast degradation and investigated for Monascus pigments production. The 13 types of predicted a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13205-019-2026-8
PubMed:
31988839
PubMed Central:
PMC6954919

8. Identification of new pigments produced by the fermented rice of the fungus Monascus pilosus and their anti-inflammatory activity

Author:
Wu, Ho-Cheng; Chen, Jih-Jung; Wu, Ming-Der; Cheng, Ming-Jen; Chang, Hsun-Shuo
Source:
Phytochemistry letters 2020 v.40 pp. 181-187
ISSN:
1874-3900
Subject:
Monascus pilosus,   etc   ; anti-inflammatory activity; color; fungi; macrophages; mice; mutants; mycelium; quercetin; red yeast rice; rice; secondary metabolites;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Red yeast rice was used over than thousands of years, containing abundant secondary metabolites with different bioactivities. Nowadays, the investigation of Monascus spp. was changed from anti-cholesterol monacolin analogues to Monascus pigments. Monascus pilosus BCRC38072 is a citrinin-free red yeast rice from yellow mutant of mycelia, which was already sequenced and assembled. The EtOAc-soluble ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.phytol.2020.04.014

9. Biotechnological approaches for the production of natural colorants by Talaromyces/Penicillium: A review

Author:
Morales-Oyervides, Lourdes; Ruiz-Sánchez, Juan Pablo; Oliveira, Jorge C.; Sousa-Gallagher, María Jose; Méndez-Zavala, Alejandro; Giuffrida, Daniele; Dufossé, Laurent; Montañez, Julio
Source:
Biotechnology advances 2020 v.43 pp. 107601
ISSN:
0734-9750
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; Penicillium; Talaromyces; bioprocessing; food additives; fungal pigments; industrial applications; natural dyes; research and development; toxicity; Asia;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... There has been an increased interest in replacing synthetic colorants by colorants obtained from natural sources, especially microbial pigments.Monascus pigments have been used as natural colorings and food additives in Asia for centuries but have raised toxicity issues. Recently, Talaromyces/Penicillium species have been recognized as potential strains to produce natural pigments similar to those ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107601

10. Evaluation of tyrosol and farnesol as inducer in pigment production by Monascus purpureus ATCC16365

Author:
Erkaya, Seval; Arslan, Nazli Pinar; Orak, Tugba; Esim, Nevzat; Taskin, Mesut
Source:
Journal of basic microbiology 2020 v.60 no.8 pp. 669-678
ISSN:
0233-111X
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; cell growth; citric acid; citrinin; ethanol; farnesol; lactic acid; metabolites; pigments; prices; quorum sensing; synthesis; toxicity;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study focused on investigating the effect of exogenously applied two quorum sensing molecules (tyrosol and farnesol) on the synthesis of bioactive metabolites (pigments, lactic acid, ethanol, and citric acid) in Monascus purpureus ATCC16365. None of the tested concentrations (62.5, 125, 250, and 500 µl/L) of farnesol affected the synthesis of metabolites as well as cell growth. As with farnes ...
DOI:
10.1002/jobm.202000037

11. An overview on the biosynthesis and metabolic regulation of monacolin K/lovastatin

Author:
Zhang, Yaru; Chen, Zhiting; Wen, Qinyou; Xiong, Zixiao; Cao, Xiaohua; Zheng, Zhenghuai; Zhang, Yangxin; Huang, Zhiwei
Source:
Food & function 2020 v.11 no.7 pp. 5738-5748
ISSN:
2042-650X
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; Aspergillus terreus; biochemical pathways; biosynthesis; cholesteremic effect; depth; exhibitions; fungi; lovastatin; metabolic engineering; multigene family; research; synthesis;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Lovastatin/monacolin K (MK) is used as a lipid lowering drug, due to its effective hypercholesterolemic properties, comparable to synthetic statins. Lovastatin's biosynthetic pathway and gene cluster composition have been studied in depth in Aspergillus terreus. Evidence shows that the MK biosynthetic pathway and gene cluster in Monascus sp. are similar to those of lovastatin in A. terreus. Curren ...
DOI:
10.1039/d0fo00691b

12. High-throughput sequencing approach to characterize dynamic changes of the fungal and bacterial communities during the production of sufu, a traditional Chinese fermented soybean food

Author:
Xu, Dandan; Wang, Peng; Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Jian; Sun, Yong; Gao, Lihua; Wang, Wenping
Source:
Food microbiology 2020 v.86
ISSN:
0740-0020
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; Acinetobacter; Actinomucor; Aspergillus; Enterobacter; Trichosporon; amino nitrogen; bacterial communities; fermentation; fungi; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; pH; soybeans; traditional foods;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Red sufu is a traditional food produced by the fermentation of soybean. In this study, sufu samples were periodically collected during the whole fermentation to investigate the dynamic changes of fungal and bacterial communities using high-throughput sequencing technology. The overall process can be divided into pre- and post-fermentation. During post-fermentation, the pH value showed a gradual de ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.fm.2019.103340

13. Overexpression of global regulator LaeA increases secondary metabolite production in Monascus purpureus

Author:
Zhang, Chan; Zhang, Han; Zhu, Qianqian; Hao, Shuai; Chai, Shiyuan; Li, Yinghui; Jiao, Zi; Shi, Jiachen; Sun, Baoguo; Wang, Chengtao
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2020 v.104 no.7 pp. 3049-3060
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; fungi; gene overexpression; genes; high performance liquid chromatography; lovastatin; mycelium; pigments; scanning electron microscopy; secondary metabolites; spectrophotometers;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monascus is a filamentous fungus that produces several secondary metabolites. Here, we investigated the effects of the global regulator LaeA on the synthesis of pigments and monacolin K in Monascus purpureus with spectrophotometer and HPLC methods. The LaeA gene was isolated from M. purpureus M1 to create an overexpression construct. An LaeA-overexpressing strain L3 was with 48.6% higher monacolin ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-020-10379-4

14. Comparison of lovastatin, citrinin and pigment production of different Monascus purpureus strains grown on rice and millet

Author:
Marič, Ajda; Skočaj, Matej; Likar, Matevž; Sepčić, Kristina; Cigić, Irena Kralj; Grundner, Maja; Gregori, Andrej
Source:
Journal of food science and technology 2019 v.56 no.7 pp. 3364-3373
ISSN:
0022-1155
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; brown rice; citrinin; detection limit; lovastatin; millets; pigments;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Six Monascus purpureus (red mould) strains were cultivated on brown rice and millet as substrates. They underwent strain selection for high lovastatin and pigment production, and low citrinin mycotoxin production, with particular reference to potential for millet as substrate. For most of these strains, substrate dry matter loss was 54–60% on rice and 46–48% on millet, although the ‘MOPU GS1’ stra ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13197-019-03820-8
PubMed:
31274904
PubMed Central:
PMC6582186

15. Maltose syrup residue as the substrate for Monascus pigments production

Author:
de Oliveira, Camila Fernanda Dias; da Costa, Jaquelinne Pires Vital; Vendruscolo, Francielo
Source:
Biocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology 2019 v.18 pp. 101101
ISSN:
1878-8181
Subject:
Monascus ruber,   etc   ; byproducts; fungi; industry; maltose; pH; pigments; syrups;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to determine the effect of pH on the growth rate and production of pigments by Monascus ruber from maltose syrup residue as a substrate. The cultivations were carried out in solid and submerged media under different pH conditions. The highest radial growth rate occurred when the Monascus ruber was cultivated at pH 6.5 and the production of yellow pigments occurred a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101101

16. The ctnF gene is involved in citrinin and pigment synthesis in Monascus aurantiacus

Author:
Li, Yanping; Wang, Na; Jiao, Xuexue; Tu, Zhui; He, Qinghua; Fu, Jinheng
Source:
Journal of basic microbiology 2020 v.60 no.10 pp. 873-881
ISSN:
0233-111X
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; acetyl coenzyme A; carbon; citrinin; fructose-2,6-bisphosphate 2-phosphatase; gene targeting; genes; glycolysis; malonyl coenzyme A; microbiology; polymerase chain reaction; synthesis;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... The application of Monascus is restricted by citrinin. So, it is important to explore the synthetic pathway of citrinin to completely inhibit the production of citrinin. In our previous study, we found that the protein encoded by the ctnF gene has a significant similarity to fructose‐2,6‐bisphosphatase (F26BPase). It is generally known that the bifunctional enzyme F26BPase regulates the glycolytic ...
DOI:
10.1002/jobm.202000059

17. Metabolomics analysis based on UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS reveals effects of genistein on reducing mycotoxin citrinin production by Monascus aurantiacus Li AS3.4384

Author:
He, Shanshan; Liu, Xin; Wang, Yanling; Xie, Jianhua; Gao, Heng; Li, Xiujiang; Huang, Zhibing
Source:
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + [i.e. und] Technologie 2020 v.130 pp. 109613
ISSN:
0023-6438
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; aspartic acid; bioactive compounds; citrinin; ergosterol; fermentation; genistein; glutamic acid; lovastatin; lysine; metabolites; metabolomics; pyruvic acid; quality control; tandem mass spectrometry; tricarboxylic acid cycle;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monascus mold produces useful bioactive compounds such as Monascus pigments, monacolin K, and ergosterol. In this study, metabolomics analysis was used to investigate the metabolic profile changes in Monascus aurantiacus Li AS3.4384 (MALA) induced by genistein at different fermentation times using UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS. The addition of genistein was found to not only reduce citrinin but also suppress ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.lwt.2020.109613

18. Theoretical and experimental investigation of the antioxidative activity of monascin

Author:
Zhang, Xiaowei; Liu, Chunhui; Tian, Wenhan; Zhang, Hui; Li, Peirui; Wang, Jiahua; He, Weiwei
Source:
Food & function 2020 v.11 no.7 pp. 5915-5923
ISSN:
2042-650X
Subject:
Monascus,   etc   ; 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; antioxidant activity; density functional theory; dose response; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; electrons; exhibitions; free radicals; hydrogen; hydroxyl radicals; measurement; pigments;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Monascin, a specific type of monascus pigments, exhibits many bioactivities. In this study, the antioxidative activity of monascin was investigated by theoretical and experimental methods. First, the antioxidant potential of six monascus pigments was predicted by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) at the B3LYP/6-31+G (d, p) level, and monascus yell ...
DOI:
10.1039/c9fo02410g

19. Production and characterization of okara dietary fiber produced by fermentation with Monascus anka

Author:
Sun, Congcong; Wu, Xuefeng; Chen, Xiaoju; Li, Xingjiang; Zheng, Zhi; Jiang, Suwei
Source:
Food chemistry 2020 v.316 pp. 126243
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; citrinin; cleavage (chemistry); culture media; dietary fiber; hydrogen bonding; liquid state fermentation; oils; okara; oligosaccharides; pigments; polysaccharides; scanning electron microscopy; swelling (materials); water holding capacity;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Okara dietary fiber was prepared by liquid fermentation with Monascus anka (M. anka). Infrared spectra results indicated that there were more oligosaccharides because of the hydrogen bond cleavage of the polysaccharides in okara Monascus dietary fiber (OMDF). Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray analyses showed that the structures of OMDF were altered as compared to that of the control. The UV–v ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126243

20. Improvement of flavonoid aglycone and biological activity of mulberry leaves by solid-state fermentation

Author:
Guo, Na; Zhu, Ya-Wei; Jiang, Yi-Wei; Li, Hong-Kun; Liu, Zhi-Ming; Wang, Wei; Shan, Chun-Hua; Fu, Yu-Jie
Source:
Industrial crops and products 2020 v.148 pp. 112287
ISSN:
0926-6690
Subject:
Monascus purpureus,   etc   ; alpha-glucosidase; antimicrobial properties; antioxidant activity; edible fungi; enzyme activity; enzyme inhibition; free radical scavengers; glycosides; kaempferol; leaves; mulberries; phenolic compounds; quercetin; solid state fermentation;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Mulberry leaves contain various types of phenolics, especially glycosides of the flavonoids quercetin and kaempferol. The aim of the present study was to investigate the production of quercetin and kaempferol as well as the biological activity of mulberry leaves with solid-state fermentation by edible fungi. Among the test fungi, the fermentation with Monascus anka was found to obviously increase ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112287