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Assessment of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Lactobacillus farciminis HN11 as a Probiotic Candidate
Background and Objective: Lactobacillus farciminis is an obligate homofermentative bacterial species in fermented foods. Although other species such as Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus rhamnosus in Lactobacillus genus have been well characterized, probiotic characteristics of Lactobacillus farciminis still need to investigate. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate probiotic characteristics and antibacterial activity of Lactobacillus farciminis HN11 isolated from Solanum macrocarpon sauces in Hue city, Vietnam. Material and Methods: Lactobacillus…
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The plant growth promotor auxin (IAA) production ability in Arthrospira massartii – ARH strain isolated from Vietnam…
Cyanobacteria are a group of photoautotrophic prokaryotes which have the ability to biosynthesize plant growth regulators, especially Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), and have not been focused on research yet in Vietnam. In this study, Arthrospira massartii (ARH strain) – a planktonic cyanobacterial strain isolated from a freshwater lake in Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam – is showing good growth ability under…
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Biomass Accumulation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino in Cell Suspension Cultures inhibiting human cancer cell growth
Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino (GpM) is a medicinal plant in traditional medicine throughout Asia for the treatment of several diseases including cancer. GpM plant cell suspension cultures provide a time and cost effective well-controlled means promising a high-yielding biomass production of pharmaceutical compounds. The purpose of the current work is to investigate the effect of GpM cell suspension cultures on…
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Biodegradation and Detoxification of Malachite Green Dye by Extracellular Laccase…
The present study evaluated the potential of biodegrading the toxic synthetic dye malachite green (MG) by an enzymatic approach. Extracellular laccase derived a fungal strain Fusarium oxysporum HUIB02 was used in the direct biodegradation of MG. Time-course study showed that the crude laccase successfully removed ≥ 80% MG after 20 h of treatment. The presence of Cu2+ ions enhanced MG…
