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Environmental factors affecting mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide production fromPleurotus nebrodensis Inzenga (PN) and biological activities of PN extractsin vitro were studied. The culture conditions for effective mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide production were found to be 25 ‡C, 5% of inoculum size, and an initial pH from 6.5 to 7.0. When 5% of glucose was used, the maximum mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide concentrations were 8.3 and 3.07 g/L, respectively. Among the various nitrogen sources, the mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide production were very strong when polypeptone was used. In the case of the minerals sources, K2HPO4 and MgSO4·7H2O were found to best support for mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide production. Under optimal conditions and methods, the maximum mycelial growth and exo-polysaccharide production were obtained after 10 days of culture, 12.84 and 4.85 g/L, respectively, in a jar fermentor. The effects of the PN extracts on the viability of three human cancer cell lines and antioxidant activity were investigatedin vitro. When cancer cells of the lung (A549), cervical region (HeLa) and colon (KM12C) were incubated at 6 mg/mL of the PN ethanol extracts, the viabilities of the HeLa and KM12C cells were slightly decreased. However, the growth of the A549 cells was remarkably inhibited when the PN ethanol extract was over 4 mg/mL. The antioxidant activity showed 46.2% at 40 µL, which was about 3.2 fold higher than that of the PN methanol extract.
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Choi, D.B., Nam, H.G. & Cha, WS. Studies on cultivation and biological activities ofPleurotus nebrodensis inzenga. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 23, 241–246 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02705723
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