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 …

Prodigiosin: A promising biomolecule with many potential biomedical applications

GA Islan, B Rodenak-Kladniew, N Noacco… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Pigments are among the most fascinating molecules found in nature and used by human
civilizations since the prehistoric ages. Although most of the bio-dyes reported in the …

Exploiting bacterial genera as biocontrol agents: Mechanisms, interactions and applications in sustainable agriculture

J Lee, S Kim, H Jung, BK Koo, JA Han, HS Lee - Journal of Plant Biology, 2023 - Springer
The rising demand for sustainable agriculture necessitates alternative methods to using
chemical pesticides for controlling plant pathogens. Biocontrol involves the use of natural …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic engineering of the violacein biosynthetic pathway toward a low-cost, minimal-equipment lead biosensor

C Hui, Y Guo, D Zhu, L Li, J Yi, N Zhang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Metabolic engineered bacteria have been successfully employed to produce various natural
colorants, which are expected to be used as the visually recognizable signals to develop …

High-throughput screening of human mercury exposure based on a low-cost naked eye-recognized biosensing platform

B Ma, Y Guo, Y Lin, J Zhang, X Wang, W Zhang… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Whole-cell biosensors could be helpful for in situ disease diagnosis. However, their use in
analyzing biological samples has been hindered by unstable responses, low signal …

Multi-target drug with potential applications: violacein in the spotlight

N Durán, G Nakazato, M Durán, IR Berti… - World Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The aim of the current review is to address updated research on a natural pigment called
violacein, with emphasis on its production, biological activity and applications. New …

Recent advances in prodigiosin as a bioactive compound in nanocomposite applications

RG Araújo, NR Zavala, C Castillo-Zacarías, ME Barocio… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bionanocomposites based on natural bioactive entities have gained importance due to their
abundance; renewable and environmentally benign nature; and outstanding properties with …

Painting the picture of food colouring agents: Near-ubiquitous molecules of everyday life–A review

H Pereira, T Deuchande, JF Fundo, T Leal… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Colour is a key component to increase product value and consumer
acceptance. The substances used to impart colour, the colouring agents, are near …

Synthesis, structure, spectral, electrochemical, and theoretical studies of Ru (II) complexes of 3-pyrrolyl BODIPY-based ligands

P Chauhan, KC Behera, M Ravikanth - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
3-Pyrrolyl BODIPY having an appended pyrrolyl group at the 3-position of BODIPY (4, 4-
difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene) and its functionalized derivatives have been used …