Biotransformation of Khellin to Khellol by Aspergillus niger and the evaluation of their biological activities

Ahmed Ashour; Saleh El-Sharkawy; Mohamed Amer; Fatma Abdel Bar; Amira Mera; Toshiro Nagata; Ryuichiro Kondo; Kuniyoshi Shimizu

doi:10.2174/1874847320130628001

Biotransformation of Khellin to Khellol by Aspergillus niger and the evaluation of their biological activities

Ahmed Ashour, Saleh El-Sharkawy, Mohamed Amer, Fatma Abdel Bar, Amira Mera, Toshiro Nagata, Ryuichiro Kondo, Kuniyoshi Shimizu

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Biotransformation of khellin using Aspergillus niger ATCC 10549 resulted in the production of khellol. The biological activities of the transformed product and khellin were established by antioxidant and acetylcholine esterase inhibitory assays. Khellol exhibited a higher degree of antioxidant and acetylcholine esterase inhibitory activities compared to khellin. This is the first report on the biotransformation of khellin by microorganisms and the first evaluation of the neuroprotective activity of either khellin or khellol.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Open Bioactive Compounds Journal
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/1874847320130628001
Publication status	Published - 2013

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