Chaga · 2002 · English Abstract
Low relevance[The nature of melanin pigments from some micro- and macromycetes].
Inonotus obliquus
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- New inhibitors of melanin formation by micromycetes Aspergillus carbonarius, Alternaria alternata, and Paecilomyces variotii and basidiomycetes Inonotus obliquus and Phellinus robustus were found
- Precursors of melanin pigments were isolated and identified. p-Hydroxybenzoic acid was identified among the products of alkaline degradation of melanin formed by micromycetes, whereas in the case of macromycetes this was protocatechuic acid
- Therefore, melanins of the former were found to belong to the dihydronaphthalene group, whereas those of the latter belong to catechols
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New inhibitors of melanin formation by micromycetes Aspergillus carbonarius, Alternaria alternata, and Paecilomyces variotii and basidiomycetes Inonotus obliquus and Phellinus robustus were found. Precursors of melanin pigments were isolated and identified. p-Hydroxybenzoic acid was identified among the products of alkaline degradation of melanin formed by micromycetes, whereas in the case of macromycetes this was protocatechuic acid. Therefore, melanins of the former were found to belong to the dihydronaphthalene group, whereas those of the latter belong to catechols.
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Babitskaia VG, Shcherba VV (2002). [The nature of melanin pigments from some micro- and macromycetes]. Prikladnaia biokhimiia i mikrobiologiia https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015487828292 PMID: 12068581
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