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  3. Secondary metabolites from the red mould rice of Monascus purpureus BCRC 38113

Secondary metabolites from the red mould rice of Monascus purpureus BCRC 38113

  • Nat Prod Res. 2010 Nov;24(18):1719-25. doi: 10.1080/14786410902941477.
Ming-Jen Cheng 1,  Ming-Der Wu,  Ih-Sheng Chen,  Chung-Yi Chen,  Wen-Li Lo,  Gwo-Fang Yuan
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  • 1 Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. [email protected]
PMID: 19459082 DOI: 10.1080/14786410902941477
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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