Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 156-164.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0406

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Studies on the Antioxidant Activities of Six Red Yeasts

WANG Yue1(), OUYANG Dan1, TANG Wei1,2(), LIU Shi-bo1, GU Yan1, HE Zeng-guo1,2,3()   

  1. 1. School of Medicine and Pharmacy,Ocean University of China,Qingdao 266000
    2. Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao,Qingdao 266000
    3. Qingdao Bioantai Biotechnology Co.,Ltd.,Qingdao 266000
  • Received:2020-04-10 Online:2020-10-26 Published:2020-11-02
  • Contact: TANG Wei,HE Zeng-guo E-mail:3054316359@qq.com;tianti_121@163.com;bioantai88@vip.163.com

Abstract:

Armed with strong environmental adaptability and broad resources,red yeasts has shown decent antioxidant application effects in aquatic farming practice,thus it is of great necessity to investigate their antioxidant potentials. In order to investigate the antioxidant activities of red yeast,6 red yeasts(LW1-LW6)were isolated recently from marine and terrestrial niches,their contents of total carotenoids and the tolerance to H2O2 were measured,and the antioxidant activities were comprehensively evaluated by measuring their reducing powers,the scavenging free radicals abilities,and the total antioxidant capacities,as well as the superoxide dismutase activities. The results indicated that the carotenoid contents of 6 red yeasts varied in 117.78-162.91 μg/g,and they had decent tolerances to H2O2 at 9 mmol/L. The order of reducing powers followed the pattern of fermentation supernatant > pigment extract > intact cell,whereas the DPPH· scavenging powers went with pattern as intact cell > fermentation supernatant > pigment extract. Although the scavenging ·OH potentials of the intact cell and the pigment extract were at the same level,but both were significantly higher than that for the fermentation supernatant. In addition,decent T-AOC and SOD activities presented in the fermentation supernatant and intact cell of the two isolates LW3 and LW5,with former demonstrated slightly better antioxidant capacity. In this study,the antioxidant activities of the 6 red yeast strains are systematically studied by different means,revealing the application potential of the studied 6 red yeast strains.

Key words: red yeast, carotenoid, H2O2 tolerance, free radical scavenging activity, antioxidant activities