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The cyanobacterial UV-absorbing pigment scytonemin displays radical-scavenging activity.

Kei Matsui1, Ehsan Nazifi, Yosuke Hirai, Naoki Wada, Seiichi Matsugo, Toshio Sakamoto.   

Abstract

Scytonemin is a 544-Da hydrophobic pigment that can absorb UV-A radiation. It is present in cyanobacterial sheaths and is thought to function as a UV protectant. In this study, scytonemin was purified from the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune, and its radical-scavenging activity was characterized. The purified scytonemin quenched an organic radical in vitro and accounted for up to 10% of the total activity of an ethanol extract of N. commune. These results suggest that the extracellular UV-absorbing pigment scytonemin has multiple roles, functioning as a UV sunscreen and an antioxidant relevant to anhydrobiosis in N. commune.

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Year:  2012        PMID： 22688245     DOI： 10.2323/jgam.58.137

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Gen Appl Microbiol        ISSN： 0022-1260            Impact factor:   1.452


  15 in total

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Journal:  Curr Microbiol       Date:  2016-06-15       Impact factor: 2.188

2.  A comparison of scytonemin and its carbon analogue in terms of antioxidant properties through free radical mechanisms and conformational analysis: a DFT investigation.

Authors:  Tereza Varnali
Journal:  J Mol Model       Date:  2016-08-20       Impact factor: 1.810

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Authors:  Shaden A M Khalifa; Eslam S Shedid; Essa M Saied; Amir Reza Jassbi; Fatemeh H Jamebozorgi; Mostafa E Rateb; Ming Du; Mohamed M Abdel-Daim; Guo-Yin Kai; Montaser A M Al-Hammady; Jianbo Xiao; Zhiming Guo; Hesham R El-Seedi
Journal:  Mar Drugs       Date:  2021-04-24       Impact factor: 5.118

4.  Multiple roles of photosynthetic and sunscreen pigments in cyanobacteria focusing on the oxidative stress.

Authors:  Naoki Wada; Toshio Sakamoto; Seiichi Matsugo
Journal:  Metabolites       Date:  2013-05-30

Review 5.  Uncovering Potential Applications of Cyanobacteria and Algal Metabolites in Biology, Agriculture and Medicine: Current Status and Future Prospects.

Authors:  Rachana Singh; Parul Parihar; Madhulika Singh; Andrzej Bajguz; Jitendra Kumar; Samiksha Singh; Vijay P Singh; Sheo M Prasad
Journal:  Front Microbiol       Date:  2017-04-25       Impact factor: 5.640

6.  Genomic and Metabolomic Analyses of Natural Products in Nodularia spumigena Isolated from a Shrimp Culture Pond.

Authors:  Rafael Vicentini Popin; Endrews Delbaje; Vinicius Augusto Carvalho de Abreu; Janaina Rigonato; Felipe Augusto Dörr; Ernani Pinto; Kaarina Sivonen; Marli Fatima Fiore
Journal:  Toxins (Basel)       Date:  2020-02-25       Impact factor: 4.546

Review 7.  Biotechnological Production of the Sunscreen Pigment Scytonemin in Cyanobacteria: Progress and Strategy.

Authors:  Xiang Gao; Xin Jing; Xufeng Liu; Peter Lindblad
Journal:  Mar Drugs       Date:  2021-02-27       Impact factor: 5.118

8.  Cyanobacteria and Red Macroalgae as Potential Sources of Antioxidants and UV Radiation-Absorbing Compounds for Cosmeceutical Applications.

Authors:  Julia Vega; José Bonomi-Barufi; Juan Luis Gómez-Pinchetti; Félix L Figueroa
Journal:  Mar Drugs       Date:  2020-12-21       Impact factor: 5.118

9.  Glycosylated porphyra-334 and palythine-threonine from the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune.

Authors:  Ehsan Nazifi; Naoki Wada; Minami Yamaba; Tomoya Asano; Takumi Nishiuchi; Seiichi Matsugo; Toshio Sakamoto
Journal:  Mar Drugs       Date:  2013-08-26       Impact factor: 5.118

Review 10.  Healthy efficacy of Nostoc commune Vaucher.

Authors:  Zhuoyu Li; Min Guo
Journal:  Oncotarget       Date:  2017-12-22
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