ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2020
Fungi as a Potential Source of Pigments: Harnessing Filamentous Fungi.
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- Pigmented fungi derived from hot and cold deserts ecosystems: taxonomy, genomic and biotechnological approach.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
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- Research progress of biological processing of traditional Chinese medicine:fermentation and sprouting.Chinese medicine · 2026Review
- The potentiality of nodule-inhabiting fungi to control the growth of Fusarium oxysporum.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
- Extraction and characterization of a novel glycosylated naphthazarin pigment from mangrove Aspergillus unguis AUMC15225.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From Pigment Chemistry to Nanomaterials: Fungal Pigments as Reducing and Stabilizing Agents in Green Nanoparticle Synthesis.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Extraction, Partial Characterization and Evaluation of the Biopotential of Melanin Pigment from an Indigenous non-conventional Fungus.Current microbiology · 2026Article
- Gradients of Aliveness and Engineering: A Taxonomy of Fungal Engineered Living Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
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- Engineering Strategies for Fungal Cell Disruption in Biotechnological Applications.Engineering in life sciences · 2025Review
- From the bench to the reactor: engineered filamentous fungi for biochemical and biomaterial production.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2025Review
- Optimized production and characterization of red dye from Talaromyces purpureogenus PH7 for application as a textile dye.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Novel Anthraquinone Chlorination Contributes to Pigmentation and ATP Formation in Thermomyces dupontii.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Article
- Phenotypic and omics analyses of the SordariomycetesmSystems · 2025Article
- Unlocking the Photoluminescence Potential of Tabebuia Rosea Dyes: A Novel Natural Source of Broadband Visible Spectral Fluorescence for OLED Technologies.Journal of fluorescence · 2025Article
- Isolation and Structural Characterization of Melanins from Red and Yellow Varieties ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
The growing concern over the harmful effects of synthetic colorants on both the consumer and the environment has raised a strong interest in natural coloring alternatives. As a result the worldwide demand for colorants of natural origin is rapidly increasing in the food, cosmetic and textile sectors. Natural colorants have the capacity to be used for a variety of industrial applications, for instance, as dyes for textile and non-textile substrates such as leather, paper, within paints and coatings, in cosmetics, and in food additives. Currently, pigments and colorants produced through plants and microbes are the primary source exploited by modern industries. Among the other non-conventional sources, filamentous fungi particularly ascomycetous and basidiomycetous fungi (mushrooms), and lichens (symbiotic association of a fungus with a green alga or cyanobacterium) are known to produce an extraordinary range of colors including several chemical classes of pigments such as melanins, azaphilones, flavins, phenazines, and quinines. This review seeks to emphasize the opportunity afforded by pigments naturally found in fungi as a viable green alternative to current sources. This review presents a comprehensive discussion on the capacity of fungal resources such as endophytes, halophytes, and fungi obtained from a range or sources such as soil, sediments, mangroves, and marine environments. A key driver of the interest in fungi as a source of pigments stems from environmental factors and discussion here will extend on the advancement of greener extraction techniques used for the extraction of intracellular and extracellular pigments. The search for compounds of interest requires a multidisciplinary approach and techniques such as metabolomics, metabolic engineering and biotechnological approaches that have potential to deal with various challenges faced by pigment industry.
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