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[Melanin complex of the fungus Inonotus obliquus]
V G Babitskaia1, V V Shcherba, N V Ikonnikova
1Institute of Microbiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.
Prikladnaia Biokhimiia I Mikrobiologiia
|September 20, 2000
Abstract:
The fungus Inonotus obliquus (Pers.) Pil. synthesised high-molecular-weight phenolic pigments that were assigned to melanins according to their physicochemical properties. It was showed that copper ions (0.008%), pyrocatechol (1.0 mM), and tyrosine (20.0 mM) stimulated the melanogenesis. The production of melanin correlated with the synthesis of o- and p-diphenoloxidases. The fungal melanin had strong antioxidant and genoprotective effects.