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Production of Metabolites with Antioxidant and Emulsifying Properties by Antarctic Strain Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1

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The Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1 Antarctic strain was cultivated and two bioproducts were obtained: exopolysaccharide and biomass. The biologically active substances ergosterol, torularhodin, torulene, β-carotene and CoQ10 were extracted from the biomass and were quantified as follows: ergosterol 5.2 ± 0.2 mg/g, torularhodin 458.3 ± 24.5 μg/g, torulene 273.7 ± 14.5 μg/g, β-carotene 129.2 ± 7.3 μg/g and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) 236.1 ± 12.1 μg/g. Their antioxidant activity was estimated according to the cathode voltammetry method. The most pronounced antioxidant activity (according to trolox) was exhibited by β-carotene 3.78, followed by CoQ10 3.60, both of them being the main contributors to the total extract activity of 3.19. The biologically active metabolites in combination with exoglucomannan as emulsifier were used for the creation of model emulsion systems characterised by great stability. The absorption of UVA rays by the model emulsions was studied.

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The study was supported by Grant DTK 02/46 from the Scientific Research National Fund.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University, 15A V. Aprilov Blvd, Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria

    Stela Dimitrova & Ludmil Lukanov

  2. Department of Physics and Biophysics, Medical University, V. Aprilov Blvd 15A, Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria

    Plamen Zagorchev

  3. Laboratory of Applied Biotechnologies, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 139 Ruski Blvd., 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Kostantsa Pavlova

  4. Tomsk Polytechnic University, Lenin 30, Tomsk, Russia

    Elena Korotkova & Ekaterina Petrova

  5. University of Food Technologies, 26 Maritza Blvd., 4002, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Margarita Kuncheva

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Dimitrova, S., Pavlova, K., Lukanov, L. et al. Production of Metabolites with Antioxidant and Emulsifying Properties by Antarctic Strain Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1 . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 169, 301–311 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-012-9983-2

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