Aspergillus niger: A Hundred Years of Contribution to the Natural Products Chemistry

MAS Lima, MCF Oliveira, ATÁ Pimenta… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Aspergillus niger is a phytopathogenic fungus responsible for the plant disease called “black
mold”, and it is considered the most versatile microorganism for producing acids, proteins …

The use of Aspergillus niger cultures for biotransformation of terpenoids

IA Parshikov, JB Sutherland - Process Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Aspergillus niger is a well-known fungus that has been used for many different
biotransformations of organic compounds. The terpenoids include a large variety of natural …

Streamlined catalytic enantioselective synthesis of α-substituted β, γ-unsaturated ketones and either of the corresponding tertiary homoallylic alcohol diastereomers

J Pozo, S Zhang, F Romiti, S Xu… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A widely applicable, practical, and scalable strategy for efficient and enantioselective
synthesis of β, γ-unsaturated ketones that contain an α-stereogenic center is disclosed …

Fungal biotransformation: an efficient approach for stereoselective chemical reactions

VH Pereira dos Santos, DM Coelho Neto… - Current Organic …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
There is great interest in developing chemical technologies to achieve regioselective and
stereoselective reactions since only one enantiomer is required for producing the chiral …

In vitro inhibition of six active sesquiterpenoids in zedoary turmeric oil on human liver cytochrome P450 enzymes

S Liu, Y Zhao, X Tang, J Yang, C Pan, C Liu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s or CYPs) are a superfamily of heme-containing
monooxygenases. In humans, CYPs have been identified and classified into 18 families and …

Biotransformation of sesquiterpenoids: a recent insight

NI Aminudin, M Ridzuan, D Susanti… - Journal of Asian …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Sesquiterpenoids have been identified as natural compounds showing remarkable
biological activities found in medicinal plants. There is great interest in developing methods …

Metabolism and distribution of two major constituents of 'Xing-Nao-Jing Injection'—germacrone and curdione in rats

F Guo, F Xu, JH Yu, JG Zou, BJ Xue, MY Shang… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Germacrone and curdione are germacrane-type sesquiterpenoids that are widely distributed
and have extensive pharmacological activities; they are the main constituents of 'Xing-Nao …

Microbial transformation of licochalcones

Y Xiao, F Han, IS Lee - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microbial transformation of licochalcones B (1), C (2), D (3), and H (4) using the filamentous
fungi Aspergillus niger and Mucor hiemalis was investigated. Fungal transformation of the …

Nigragillin, Nigerazine B and five Naphtho-γ-pyrones from Aspergillus japonicus isolated from hot desert soil

W Magdy, FF Abdel-Motaal, SA El-Zayat… - The Natural Products …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Microorganisms are highly diverse sources of bioactive natural products. A
valuable set of fungi has been encountered in the hot Egyptian desert soils. The aims of this …

Enantioselective dihydroxylation of xanthorrhizol from Curcuma xanthorrhiza via biotransformation using Aspergillus Niger

NI Aminudin, AA Abdul Aziz… - Natural Product …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Biotransformation is acknowledged as one of the green chemistry methods to synthesis
various analogues for further valorization of natural product compounds chemistry and …