Natural pigments production and their application in food, health and other industries

E Di Salvo, G Lo Vecchio, R De Pasquale, L De Maria… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
In addition to fulfilling their function of giving color, many natural pigments are known as
interesting bioactive compounds with potential health benefits. These compounds have …

Recent applications of melanin-like nanoparticles as antioxidant agents

A Mavridi-Printezi, A Menichetti, D Mordini, R Amorati… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nanosized antioxidants are highly advantageous in terms of versatility and
pharmacokinetics, with respect to conventional molecular ones. Melanin-like materials …

Production of natural pigments using microorganisms

Z Qin, X Wang, S Gao, D Li, J Zhou - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pigments are involved in many aspects of human life, including food, cosmetics, and textiles.
At present, the pigment market is mainly occupied by synthetic pigments. However, synthetic …

Natural substrates and culture conditions to produce pigments from potential microbes in submerged fermentation

C Ramesh, VR Prasastha, M Venkatachalam… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pigments from bacteria, fungi, yeast, cyanobacteria, and microalgae have been gaining
more demand in the food, leather, and textile industries due to their natural origin and …

Colorful treasure from agro-industrial wastes: A sustainable chassis for microbial pigment production

J Grewal, M Woła̧cewicz, W Pyter, N Joshi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Colors with their attractive appeal have been an integral part of human lives and the easy
cascade of chemical catalysis enables fast, bulk production of these synthetic colorants with …

Research progress of engineering microbial cell factories for pigment production

S Xu, S Gao, Y An - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Pigments are widely used in people's daily life, such as food additives, cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, etc. In recent years, the natural pigments produced by …

Chromophore-targeting precision antimicrobial phototherapy

S Jusuf, PT Dong - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phototherapy, encompassing the utilization of both natural and artificial light, has emerged
as a dependable and non-invasive strategy for addressing a diverse range of illnesses …

Microbial pigments: major groups and industrial applications

JVO Barreto, LM Casanova, AN Junior… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such
as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important …

In living color: pigment-based microbial ecology at the mineral–air interface

F Villa, YL Wu, A Zerboni, F Cappitelli - Bioscience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pigment-based color is one of the most important phenotypic traits of biofilms at the mineral–
air interface (subaerial biofilms, SABs), because it reflects the physiology of the microbial …

Yellow pigment from fast-growing marine soil bacteria Citricoccus sp. for dyeing cotton fabrics

D Ezhil, S Meignanalakshmi… - Current Journal of …, 2022 - classical.goforpromo.com
Aims: The study's objective is to isolate, characterize pigment-producing bacteria from
marine soil and to optimize culture parameters such as pH, temperature, carbon, nitrogen …