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Production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungal Inoculum and Phenotypic Evaluation of Rice and AM Symbiosis Under Saline Conditions
Published on: March 14, 2025
Secondary metabolites from the red mould rice of Monascus purpureus BCRC 38113
Ming-Jen Cheng1, Ming-Der Wu, Ih-Sheng Chen
1Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. chengmingjen2001@yahoo.com.tw
Abstract:
One new tetralone, monaspurpurone (1), was isolated from the EtOH extract of a yellow mutant of the fungus Monascus purpureus BCRC 38113 (Eurotiaceae) grown on rice, along with five known compounds, β-sitosteryl palmitate (2), ergosterol (3), ankaflavin (4), monascin (5) and p-nitrophenol (6). They were characterised on the basis of spectral analysis and comparison with literature data. All the isolates were also evaluated for the scavenging properties towards the DPPH in TLC autographic and spectroscopic assays.
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