Enhanced cordycepin production in caterpillar medicinal mushroom, Cordyceps militaris (Ascomycetes), mutated by a multifunctional plasma mutagenesis system

Zhang, H., Deng, L., Zhang, Z., Guan, Y., Li, B., Yang, J., Fan, H., Yang, G., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Xin, X. and Vriesekoop, F. (2020) Enhanced cordycepin production in caterpillar medicinal mushroom, Cordyceps militaris (Ascomycetes), mutated by a multifunctional plasma mutagenesis system. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 22 (12). pp. 1147-1159.

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Abstract

A multifunctional plasma mutation system (MPMS) method was used to create high cordycepin-yielding mutations from wild Cordyceps militaris, which yielded many viable mutants, many of which produced more cordycepin compared to the wild strain. One particular mutant strain (GYS60) produced 7.883 mg/mL, which is much higher than those reported to date and is more than 20 times higher than that of the wild strain, whereas the cordycepin production of another viable mutant (GYS80) was almost zero. The extraction and purification of cordycepin, using the fermentation broth of C. militaris GYS60, was also investigated. Cordycepin was extracted by using AB-8 macroporous resin and purified by using reversed-phase column chromatography. When the sample was adsorbed onto the macroporous resin, 20% ethanol was used as the desorption solvent yielding various fractions. The fractions containing cordycepin were loaded onto a reversed-phase chromatography column packed with octadecyl bonded silica as the stationary phase and ethanol (95%)/acetic acid solution (5%) at pH 6.0 as the mobile phase. The combination of this two-step extraction-purification process yielded cordycepin at 95% purity with a total recovery rate of 90%.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: multifunctional plasma mutagenesis system, Cordyceps militaris, cordycepin, purification, mutant, medicinal mushrooms
Divisions: Food, Land and Agribusiness Management
Depositing User: Mrs Rachael Giles
Date Deposited: 27 Jan 2021 15:06
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2021 04:30
URI: https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17623

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