title: Physiological Functionality and Enzyme Activity of Biomass from Pichia anomala Grown on Ginseng-Steaming Effluent.
abstract: A novel biomass was prepared from Pichia anomala KCCM 11473, which grew well in ginseng-steaming effluent (GSE), and its physiological functionalities and enzyme activities were determined. When the strain was cultured in the GSE (pH 6.0) at 30℃ for 48 h, 1.6 mg of biomass per ml-cultures was produced. The cell-free extract of the biomass showed high antihypertensive angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity of 72.0% and anticholesteromia HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory activity of 46.5%. The cell-free extract also showed 13.0 U per ml and 8.5 U per ml of neutral protease activity and alkaline protease, respectively.
authors.affiliation: KT&G Co. Central Research Institute, Daejeon 305-345, Korea.
authors.forename: Na-Mi
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Sung-Gae
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Dong-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jong-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Enzyme activity; Functionality; Ginseng-steaming effluents; Pichia anomala