Endophytic fungi from pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] produce antioxidant Cajaninstilbene acid

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 May 2;60(17):4314-9. doi: 10.1021/jf205097y. Epub 2012 Apr 19.

Abstract

In this study, novel endophytic fungi producing cajaninstilbene acid (CSA) from pigeon pea [ Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] were investigated and screened. CSA has prominent pharmacological activities. A total of 110 endophytic fungi isolates were grouped into 8 genera on the basis of morphological characteristics, and CSA-producing fungi were screened by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). According to ITS-rDNA sequences analysis, the CSA-producing fungi were identified as Fusarium solani (ERP-07), Fusarium oxysporum (ERP-10), and Fusarium proliferatum (ERP-13), respectively. The amount of CSA produced by the ERP-13 reached 504.8 ± 20.1 μg/L or 100.5 ± 9.4 μg/g dry weight of mycelium. In a DPPH radical-scavenging assay, when the concentration of fungal CSA was 500 μg/mL, inhibition percentage could reach 80%, which was almost the same as that of standard CSA. This study first reported the natural antioxidant CSA from endophytic fungi F. solani and F. proliferatum isolated from pigeon pea.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / metabolism*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology
  • Cajanus / microbiology*
  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • Fusarium / classification
  • Fusarium / genetics
  • Fusarium / metabolism*
  • Phylogeny
  • Salicylates / analysis
  • Salicylates / metabolism*
  • Salicylates / pharmacology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Stilbenes / analysis
  • Stilbenes / metabolism*
  • Stilbenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • 3-hydroxy-4-prenyl-5-methoxystilbene-2-carboxylic acid
  • Antioxidants
  • DNA, Fungal
  • Salicylates
  • Stilbenes