Abstract
The enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant activities of a solid-state fermentation system (SSFS) employing six basidiomycete and four ascomycete fungi on orange peel have been evaluated. Class comparisons revealed highly significant effect of fungal group on the antioxidant activity. Peroxidase activity appeared only in the basidiomycete fungi (particularly Pleurotus columbinus, Ganoderma resinaceum, and Pleurotus floridanus) whereas catalase activity appeared in the two fungal groups in favor of the ascomycetes (particularly Paecilomyces variotii and Aspergillus fumigatus). Maximal peroxidase and minimal catalase activities were found at moderate phenolic content, with extreme phenolic levels leading to low peroxidase activity but high catalase activity. Production of the non-enzymatic antioxidants (phenolics, flavonoids, reducing power, and DPPH scavenging) was in favor of the ascomycetes, which showed great native ability to synthesize flavonoids and also to release flavonoids from orange peel. The basidiomycete fungi, which have limited native ability to produce phenolics, had high ability to consume orange peel phenolics. By contrast, the ascomycete fungi exhibited great native ability for production of phenolics and low ability to consume exogenous phenolics.
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The authors acknowledge the kind help of Ahmad K. A. El-Sayed, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Science, Damietta University in construction of the phylogenetic tree of the investigated fungal species.
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El-Katony, T.M., El-Dein, M.M.N., El-Fallal, A.A. et al. Effect of the taxonomic group of fungi and type of substrate on the antioxidant activity of a solid-state fermentation system. Int Microbiol 22, 203–215 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-018-00040-6
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