International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

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2007, Volume9

Issue 2

98 pages

DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v9.i2

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Valentina G. Babitskaya
Institute of Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Byelorussia, Minsk, Belarus

Nina A. Bisko
M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereschenkivska Str. 2, Kiev, 252601, Ukraine

Victor V. Shcherba
Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2, Zhodinskaya St., Minsk, 220141, Belarus

Nadezda Yu. Mitropolskaya
M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereschenkivska Str. 2, Kiev, 252601, Ukraine

The production of melanin complex of Phellinus robustus in submerged conditions was studied. It was estimated that exo- and endomelanins consist of carbon (C), 37.2%−36.9%; nitrogen (N), 5.08%minus;5.30%; and hydrogen (H), 4.9%minus;5.2%. The content of carbonyl groups in exo- and endomelanins was 3.8%minus;1.58%; carboxyl, 0.66%minus;1.28%; total OH, 15.23%minus;15.09%, including aliphatic OH, 13.35%minus;12.5%; and phenolic OH, 1.88%minus;2.58%. Our results demonstrated that melanins from Ph. robustus have high antioxidant and genoprotective properties.

DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v9.i2.80 Download article, 177-184 pages

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