Streptomyces: The biofactory of secondary metabolites

K Alam, A Mazumder, S Sikdar, YM Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural products derived from microorganisms serve as a vital resource of valuable
pharmaceuticals and therapeutic agents. Streptomyces is the most ubiquitous bacterial …

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 …

Antimicrobial activity of prodigiosin isolated from Serratia marcescens UFPEDA 398

JC Lapenda, PA Silva, MC Vicalvi, K Sena… - World Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Prodigiosin is an alkaloid and natural red pigment produced by Serratia marcescens.
Prodigiosin has antimicrobial, antimalarial and antitumor properties and induces apoptosis …

High‐level production of microbial prodigiosin: A review

R Han, R Xiang, J Li, F Wang… - Journal of Basic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prodigiosin is a natural red pigment derived primarily from secondary metabolites of
microorganisms, especially Serratia marcescens. It can also be chemically synthesized …

Properties and applications of undecylprodigiosin and other bacterial prodigiosins

N Stankovic, L Senerovic, T Ilic-Tomic… - Applied microbiology …, 2014 - Springer
The growing demand to fulfill the needs of present-day medicine in terms of novel effective
molecules has lead to reexamining some of the old and known bacterial secondary …

Marine natural products: A potential source of anti-hepatocellular carcinoma drugs

X Ren, X Xie, B Chen, L Liu, C Jiang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has high associated morbidity and mortality rates.
Although chemical medication represents a primary HCC treatment strategy, low response …

Marine endophytic fungal metabolites: A whole new world of pharmaceutical therapy exploration

EAM El-Bondkly, AAM El-Bondkly, AAM El-Bondkly - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The growing threat arises due to diseases such as cancer and the infections around the
world leading to a critical requirement for novel and constructive compounds with unique …

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 …

A comprehensive review on recent trends in production, purification, and applications of prodigiosin

T Paul, TK Bandyopadhyay, A Mondal… - Biomass Conversion …, 2020 - Springer
Increasing utilization of artificial chemical dyes as coloring agent and their associated
detrimental effects on human health have instigated the search for novel natural pigments …

Utilization of by-product of groundnut oil processing for production of prodigiosin by microbial fermentation and its novel potent anti-nematodes effect

TH Nguyen, SL Wang, MD Doan, TH Nguyen… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to reuse groundnut oil processing by-product, groundnut cake (GNC) for
the low-cost production of prodigiosin (PG) via microbial technology and to assess its novel …