ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
A chemically defined medium with glutamic acid as nitrogen source was devised for the culture of two species of Monascus (M. ruber and M. purpureus), resulting in optimum production of their pigments and their chemical structures (both free and complexed) were compared. Structural data on two major complex pigments in aqueous solution were obtained by IR, UV, NMR and MS. They were free pigments linked to glutamic acid by amino groups, where nitrogen replaced the pyronoid oxygen.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1994.tb08145.x
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