Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sang-Min Han 1, Se-Hee Hyun 1, Na-Mi Kim 2 and Jong-Soo Lee 1*
1Department of Biomedicinal Science and Biotechnology Paichai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea
2Global Products Research Institute, Korea Ginseng Corp., Daejeon 305-805, Korea
Correspondence to biotech8@pcu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June, 2015, 43(2):99-103.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2015.43.2.99
Received: June 9, 2015; Revised: June 15, 2015; Accepted: June 17, 2015
Published: June, 2015.
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We prepared supernatants and cell-free extracts of yeasts isolated from wild flowers in Korea, and their antioxidant activity and inhibitory activities of xanthine oxidase and tyrosinase were investigated. Among them, cell-free extracts of Kuraishia capsulata UL40-2 and Sporobolomyces ruberrimus 121-Z-3 showed significantly high xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity of 46.4% and 48.3%, respectively. Starmerella bombicola 80-J-1 also showed tyrosinase inhibitory activity of 36.2% in the cell-free extract. Other antioxidant activities and tyrosinase inhibitory activities were not detected or were below 20%. Maximal production of the xanthine oxidase inhibitors were observed when Kuraishia capsulate UL40-2 and Sporobolomyces ruberrimus 121-Z-3 were cultured in the yeast extract-peptone-dextrose media at 30 oC for 24 hour, respectively.
Antioxidant activity, Tyrosinase inhibitory activity, Wild flower, Xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity, Yeasts