Asperenone: An inhibitor of 15-lipoxygenase and of human platelet aggregation from Aspergillus niger.

Sekhar Rao, K. C. and Divakar, S. and Appu Rao, A. G. and Karanth, N. G. and Suneetha, W. J. and Krishnakantha, T. P. and Sattur, A. P. (2002) Asperenone: An inhibitor of 15-lipoxygenase and of human platelet aggregation from Aspergillus niger. Biotechnology Letters, 24 (23). pp. 1967-1970.

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Abstract

Asperenone was isolated from the fermented broth of Aspergillus niger CFTRI 1105 and acted as an inhibitor of soybean 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) and human platelet aggregation. The IC50 values against 15-LOX and human platelet aggregation were 0.3 mM and 0.23 mM, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fermentation; Lipoxygenase; Platelet aggregation activity
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 09 Food Microbiology
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering Protein Chemistry and Technology
Depositing User:	Somashekar K.S
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2011 09:50
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2022 06:14
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/2651

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