Han-Seok Choi, Myung-Kon Kim 1*, Hyo-Suk Park 2, Jae-Sung Kim 3 and Sung-Jun Kim 3
Department of Food Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
1Department of Industrial Crop Production and Processing, Iksan National College, Iksan 570-752, Korea
2Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
3Department of Genetic Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Korea
Correspondence to kmyuko@iksan.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2005, 33(1):11-17.
https://doi.org/10.4489/kjm.2005.33.1.011
(Received March 30, 2005)
Published: June 30, 2005.
Copyright © 2005 by The Korean Society of Mycology
To increase the fibrinolytic activity and production of mycelium, extracts of 7 plant species were supplemented to the growth media of Armillaria mellea, and mycelial growth and enzymatic activity in the mycelium extracts of A. mellea were estimated. The mycelial production of A. mellea was slightly increased by adding ASH-R, UDVN or RGR extract, whereas KG extract significantly affected the growth. Supplement of ASH-S, UDVN and RGR extracts increased proteolytic activity from 36.8 to 46.1%. Fibrinolytic activity was increased to 50~65% by supplement with RVS, ASH-S and RGR extracts, respectively. Enzyme extracts of the fungus grown with RGR extract supplement degraded all chains of fibrinogen within 2 hours, whereas control was required 3 hours. Degradation of fibrin fragments by the enzyme extracts was also observed through microscopy.
Armillaria mellea, Fibrinolysis, Mycelium, Plant extract, Proteolysis