Highlights•Agro-industrial waste generation.•Microbial sources for the production of
biopigments.•Bio-utilization of agro-industrial waste for microbial pigment production.• …

Synthetic pigments/non-renewable coloring sources used normally in the textile industry
release toxic substances into the environment, causing perilous ecological challenges. To …

Waste streams from ethanol and bread production present inexpensive, abundant and
underutilized renewable substrates that are highly available for valorisation into high-value …

Orange processing wastes have been evaluated for the production of pigments by the fungal
strains Monascus purpureus ATCC 16365 and Penicillium purpurogenum CBS 113139 …

The Monascus fermentation industry has gained global attention. Its key products, ie,
pigments, functional food ingredients, food supplements, and medicinal use, are growing in …

The red pigment production by Talaromyces purpureogenus KKP, a soil isolate, was
optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) in the present study. The cultural …

A suitable extraction technique helps to increase the extraction yield and stimulate higher
quality of pigments. Therefore, investigating the effect of different extraction solvents on red …

The search for naturally produced substitutes for chemical food colorants has led to a
resurgence of interest in pigments synthesized by fungi such as Monascus spp. This fungus …

Monascorubin is one of the red Monascus pigments produced by molds. It is a kind of
alcohol-soluble pigment and has been widely used in food and medicine. Natural red …

OWING to its broad industrial applications, the present study was directed to study the
production of red pigment by Monascus purpureus under submerged and solid state …