Lovastatin production: From molecular basis to industrial process optimization

KCL Mulder, F Mulinari, OL Franco, MSF Soares… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Lovastatin, composed of secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi, is the most
frequently used drug for hypercholesterolemia treatment due to the fact that lovastatin is a …

Mycotoxin producers in the Aspergillus genus: An update

J Varga, N Baranyi, M Chandrasekaran… - Acta Biologica …, 2015 - 160.114.156.156
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi. Species assigned to the Aspergillus genus
produce a wide range of mycotoxins which can contaminate several agricultural products …

Optimization of nutrient parameters for lovastatin production by Monascus purpureus MTCC 369 under submerged fermentation using response surface methodology

SA Sayyad, BP Panda, S Javed, M Ali - Applied Microbiology and …, 2007 - Springer
Lovastatin, an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase, was produced by submerged fermentation
using Monascus purpureus MTCC 369. Five nutritional parameters screened using Plackett …

Recent advances in the genome mining of Aspergillus secondary metabolites (covering 2012–2018)

J Romsdahl, CCC Wang - Medchemcomm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Secondary metabolites (SMs) produced by filamentous fungi possess diverse bioactivities
that make them excellent drug candidates. Whole genome sequencing has revealed that …

Lovastatin production by an oleaginous fungus, Aspergillus terreus KPR12 using sago processing wastewater (SWW)

N Srinivasan, K Thangavelu, S Uthandi - Microbial Cell Factories, 2022 - Springer
Background Lovastatin is one of the first statins to be extensively used for its cholesterol-
lowering ability. It is commercially produced by fermentation. Species belonging to the …

Exploitation of Aspergillus terreus for the Production of Natural Statins

M Subhan, R Faryal, I Macreadie - Journal of Fungi, 2016 - mdpi.com
The fungus Aspergillus (A.) terreus has dominated the biological production of the
“blockbuster” drugs known as statins. The statins are a class of drugs that inhibit HMG-CoA …

Optimization of Fermentation Parameters for Higher Lovastatin Production in Red Mold Rice through Co-culture of Monascus purpureus and Monascus ruber

BP Panda, S Javed, M Ali - Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2010 - Springer
Monascus, fermented rice (red mold rice), has been found to reduce the serum total
cholesterol and triglyceride due to presence of lovastatin. Lovastatin acts as an inhibitor of 3 …

A review on lovastatin and its production

S Goswami, AS Vidyarthi, B Bhunia… - Journal of biochemical …, 2013 - jbiochemtech.com
Natural statin like lovastatin which is mainly produced byAspergillus terreus strains is an
inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme involved in the biosynthetic pathway of …

Exploitation of Sugarcane Bagasse and Environmentally Sustainable Production, Purification, Characterization, and Application of Lovastatin by Aspergillus terreus …

AMAA Ramadan, RM Shehata, HH El-Sheikh, F Ameen… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region for identification, three strains of
Aspergillus terreus were identified and designated AUMC 15760, AUMC 15762, and AUMC …

Biotransformation of agricultural wastes into lovastatin and optimization of a fermentation process using response surface methodology (RSM)

S Javed, M Azeem, S Mahmood, KM Al-Anazi… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lovastatin is a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA
reductase (HMG-CoA Reductase). The HMG-CoA reductase is responsible for the …