Melanin is a secondary metabolite composed of complex heterogeneous polymers. Fungal
melanin is considered to be a sustainable and biodegradable natural pigment and has a …

Synthetic dyes are generally not safe for human health or the environment, leading to the
continuous search and growing demand for natural pigments that are considered safer …

Melanins are a wide class of natural pigments biosynthesized by different kinds of living
organisms throughout all of the life domains, from bacteria to fungi, plants, and mammals …

Dihydroxynapthalene-(DHN) and L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) are two types of
dominant melanin in fungi. Fungal melanins with versatile functions are frequently …

Natural colorants, mostly of plant and fungal origins, offer advantages over chemically
synthetic colorants in terms of alleviating environmental pollution and promoting human …

In this study, two distinct in vitro infection models of Aspergillus fumigatus, using murine
macrophages (RAW264. 7) and human lung epithelial cells (A549), were employed to …

To obtain higher melanin production in liquid culture, culture conditions of Annulohypoxylon
stygium (Lév.) YM Ju, JD Rogers and HM Hsieh were optimised. The results showed that …

The establishment of affinities of fossil fungal spores with extant fungal taxa based mainly on
the detailed analysis of morphological traits is difficult. Thus, it is necessary to use …

Filamentous fungi grow by the elongation of tubular cells called hyphae and form mycelia
through repeated hyphal tip growth and branching. Since hyphal growth is closely related to …

We use Raman microscopy to describe the structure and chemical composition of both
conidiophore and hyphae of Botrytis cinerea, a common plant pathogen. To interpret …