Microbial transformations of 3-methoxyflavone by strains of Aspergillus niger

Pol J Microbiol. 2014;63(1):111-4.

Abstract

Microbial transformation of 3-methoxyflavone into 3'-hydroxyflavon-3-yloxymethyl myristate was presented. Six filamentous fungi were used as biocatalysts: a wild strain of Aspergillus niger KB, its four UV mutants (A. niger MB, SBP, SBJ, 13/5) and the strain of Penicillium chermesinum 113. The highest yields were observed for the strains of A. niger KB and A. niger SBP (69.8% and 63.1%, respectively).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus niger / metabolism*
  • Flavones / genetics
  • Flavones / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / physiology
  • Genetic Variation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mutation
  • Penicillium / metabolism

Substances

  • Flavones
  • 3-methoxyflavone