Optimization of Monacolin Production in a Controlled System

<em>Monascus purpureus</em> is a fungus that had been cultured on the rice in eastern Asian countries from thousand years ago and used as a food for long years. The fungus produces very valuable metabolites with polyketide structure. The most of important metabolite is Monacolin K, Lovas...

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Main Authors: Shafieh Mansoori, Fatemeh Yazdian, Majid Azizi, Mojgan Sheikhpour, Gassem Amoabediny, Javad Hamedi, Behnam Rasekh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Applied Food Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/afb/article/view/9369