Blakeslea trispora

Guidelines for labeling — natural P-carotene, natural P-carotene from Blakeslea trispora, fermentative natural P-carotene, natural P-carotene from a fermentative source. 

Lobbying by other P-carotene producers — In addition to approvals of mixed carotenes from palm oil, P-carotene from Dunaliella microalgae, and other natural products, the EU Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General was asked for an opinion on the safety of P-carotene from a dried biomass source, obtained from a fermentation process with Blakeslea trispora for use as a coloring matter for foodstuffs. 

Carotene Yellow-orange Blakeslea trispora (fungus) IP... 

Lampila, L.E. et al.. The effect of Blakeslea trispora strain and type of whey on the prodnction of P-carotene and other parameters, Lebensm. Wiss. Technol., 18, 366, 1985. 

Enropean Commission, Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Eood on P-carotene from Blakeslea trispora, SCE/CS/ADD/COL 158, 2000. 

Jonker, D., Kuper, C., Fraile, N., Estrella, A., and Rodriguez, O. 2003. Ninety-day oral toxicity study of lycopene from Blakeslea trispora in rats. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 37, 396-406. 

The mating-type-specific prohormones of Blakeslea trispora (Mucorales), precursors of trisporic acid (27), have been investigated.19 The minus strain produces four prohormones (28)—(31), all previously characterized compounds,20 whereas the plus strain produces one prohormone which was characterized as (32). The stereochemistry at C-4 was assigned tentatively from consideration of m.s. data. 

EU SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON FOOD, Opinion On A Request For The Use Of Algal Beta-Carotene As A Food Colour (expressed on 13th June 1997). EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL, Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on (3-carotene from Blakeslea trispora (adopted on 22 Jime 2000, and corrected on 7 September 2000). 

Feofilova, E.P., Tereshina, V.M., and Memorskaya, A.S. 1995. Regulation of lycopene biosynthesis in mucorous fungus Blakeslea trispora by pyridine derivatives. Mikrobiologiya 64 734-740. 

Govind, N.S., Amin, A.R., and Modi, V.V. 1982. Stimulation of carotenogenesis in Blakeslea trispora by cupric ions. Phytochemistry 21 1043-1044. 

Mantzouridou, R, Roukas, T., and Kotzekidou, P. 2002. Effect of the aeration rate and agitation speed on b-carotene production and morphology of Blakeslea trispora in a stirred tank reactor mathematical modebng. Biochem Eng J 10 123-135. 

LycoRed, an Israeli company, obtains lycopene from Tangerine tomatoes, which are especially cultivated for this purpose. Another source of lycopene is the biomass from fermentation of the fungus Blakeslea trispora, which is extracted with isobutyl acetate and crystallised. [82] DuPont and Microbia Inc. (now DSM) developed processes for the production of canthaxanthin with the aid of the recombinant oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. [83]... 

D M Thomas, R C Harris, J T 0 Kirk and T W Goodwin, Studies on carotenogenesis in Blakeslea trispora II The mode of action of trisporic acid. Phytochemistry 6, 361 (1967) ... 

Sutter, R. P., Apotrisporin-E A new sesquiteipenoid isolated from Phycomyces blakesleeanus and Blakeslea trispora, Exp. Mycol., 10, 256-258 (1986). 

Tetraterpenes Carotenoids, trisporic acids (D 6.5) Blakeslea trispora B... 

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