Bioactive Compounds from Slime Molds and Fungi

20/02/2025

Our other paper on neuroprotective effects of melanin is now available online:

Fungal melanins have remarkable bioactivities, but their practical applications are limited, partly due to their hydrophobic nature. Melanin modification with amino acids was reported to improve their water solubility. This research aimed to extract, and modify the melanins from Calvatia craniiformi...

13/11/2024

Our first article on bioactivities of fungal melanins is now available online:

Background Microbial melanins possess a broad spectrum of biological activities. However, there is little understanding of their neuroprotective and neuronal cell differentiation properties. This study aimed to extract, purify, and modify melanins from two medicinal fungi (Daedaleopsis tricolor and....

12/07/2024

If you're interested in fungal research and familiar with mycelial culture, our group is having an exciting opportunity for you. We've got a potential fungal candidate for neuroprotective compounds research and would like to hire a short term researcher to culture the fungus in liquid media for mycelial production and prepare crude extracts from the collected mycelia. The salary will be modest, but you get a chance to be co-author of our related publication(s).
For further information, please contact me at [email protected]

07/05/2024

Our recently published paper in the International Journal of Food Science and Technology:

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09/01/2024

Our other recent publication:

Fomes fomentarius and Daedaleopsis tricolor produced significant amounts of water-insoluble melanins, and our previous study successfully enhanced their water solubility by arginine modification. This research aimed to investigate the anti-ultraviolet, antibacterial, and biofilm eradication activiti...

30/12/2023

One of our recent publications on the applications of fungal melanins is now available online:

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced by biological methods are safer for biomedical applications. Melanins were initially reported to facilitate AgNPs synthesis. Our research found that the stromata of some Xylaria species contained significant amounts of melanins, which had strong antioxidant and....