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Characterization of dehydromonacolin-MV2 from Monascus purpureus mutant.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Dhale M A, Divakar S, Umesh-Kumar S, Vijayalakshmi G
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AIM: Characterization of dehydromonacolin-MV2, a bioactive metabolite isolated from Monascus purpureus mutant (CFR 410-11). METHODS AND RESULTS: Chloroform extract of rice, fermented with a hyperpigment-producing mutant of M. purpureus (CFR 410-11) was found to contain metabolites that inhibited the growth of Bacillus, Pseudomonas and Streptococcus in agar gel diffusion assays. The extract inhibited lipid...
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