Background & Aim:The genus Salvia (commonly known as sage) is a broad genus belonging to the family Lamiaceae. This study is aimed at assessing the essential oil composition and antimicrobial activities of two Salvia species. Experimental: The chemical composition of the essential oils of Salvia officinalis L. and Sa...

Increasing interest in the production of second-generation ethanol necessitates the low-cost production of enzymes from the cellulolytic complex (endoglucanases, exoglucanases, and β-glucosidases), which act synergistically in cellulose breakdown. The present work aimed to optimise a bioprocess to produce these biocatalysts from the fungus Penicillium funiculosum ATCC11797. A statistical full f...

Nine substrates were investigated for phytase production by Penicillium funiculosum NRC467 fine particles of crushed fava bean has been selected as the best substrate using solid state fermentation (SSF). The SSF conditions were optimized by using one-variable-at-a-time (OVAT) strategy. Penicillin G has been used to enhance phytase production instead of the traditionally used Tween 80 and Trito...

In recent years, antibiotics have proved effective against many bacterial and all rickettsial infections of man, but are only of limited value in virus infections. The so-called broad spectrum antibiotics-aureomycin, terramycin and chloramphenicol-are effective against the viruses of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group and those causing primary atypical pneumonia. Many substances are therefor...

In 2003–2006, micromycetes – potential producers of mycotoxins – were detected and their taxonomic dependence as well as ability to produce toxins under various growth conditions were assessed. Accumulation regularities of toxin-producing micromycetes in vegetables, fruit, berries, herbs, grain, seeds and their products were found out. Factors determining fungal abilities to produce various tox...

Ruminal protein degradation of alfalfa (2.62% N, 49.6% NDF, and in vivo undegradable intake protein [UIP] = 16.4% of CP) and prairie hay (.88% N, 69.4% NDF, and in vivo UIP = 44.5% of CP) was estimated using the Streptomyces griseus protease (SGP) in vitro method with or without pretreatment with two carbohydrases: cellulase from Penicillium funiculosum or driselase from Basidiomycetes. Drisela...

We previously found that endo-beta-xylosidase from Patinopecten is an endo-type glycosidase that cleaves the xylosyl serine linkage between a glycosaminoglycan chain and its core protein (Takagaki, K., Kon, A., Kawasaki, H., Nakamura, T., Tamura, S., and Endo, M. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 854-860). Screening for endo-beta-xylosidase activity in several cellulases detected this activity in the ...