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PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 336-341Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2015.1031391
Keywords
Bioconversion rate; biotransformation; ginseng; ginsenoside
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- Scientific and Technological Project of Ji Lin Province [20130101127JC, 20130303101YY]
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Ginsenoside Rd, one of the ginsenosides with significant pharmaceutical activities, is getting more and more attractions on its biotransformation. In this study, a novel fungus mutant, the Aspergillus niger strain TH-10a, which can efficiently convert ginsenoside Rd from Rb1, was obtained through screening survival library of LiCl and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. The transformation product ginsenoside Rd, generated by removing the outer glucose residue from the position C20 of ginsenoside Rb1, was identified through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. Factors for the microbial culture and biotransformation were investigated in terms of the carbon sources, the nitrogen sources, pH values, and temperatures. This showed that maximum mycelia growth could be obtained at 28 degrees C and pH 6.0 with cellobiose and tryptone as the carbon source and the nitrogen source, respectively. The highest transformation rate (approximate to 86%) has been achieved at 32 degrees C and pH 5.0 with the feeding time of substrate 48hr. Also, Aspergillus niger strain TH-10a could tolerate even 40mg/mL ginseng root extract as substrate with 60% bioconversion rate after 72hr of treatment at the optimal condition. Our results highlight a novel ginsenoside Rd transformation fungus and illuminate its potentially practical application in the pharmaceutical industries.
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