Study of Melanin Complex from Medicinal Mushroom Phellinus robustus (P. Karst.) Bourd. et Galz. (Aphyllophoromycetideae)
V. G. BabitskayaInstitute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, KievNina BiskoInstitute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, KievВ. В. ЩербаInstitute of Microbiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, 220141, BelarusNadezda Yu. MitropolskayaM. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereschenkivska Str. 2, Kiev, 252601, Ukraine
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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.
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