title: Phytosterols elevation in bamboo shoot residue through laboratorial scale solid-state fermentation using isolated Aspergillus niger CTBU.
abstract: Aspergillus niger CTBU isolated from local decayed bamboo shoot residue was employed to solid-state fermentation (SSF) of bamboo shoot residue to elevate the content of phytosterols. Strain acclimatization was carried out under the fermentation condition using bamboo shoot as substrate for fermentation performance improvement. The optimal fermentation temperature and nitrogen level were investigated using acclimatized strain, and SSF was carried out in a 500-ml Erlenmeyer flask feeding 300-mg bamboo shoot residue chips under the optimal condition (33 °C and feeding 4 % urea), and 1,186 mg (100 g)(-1) of total phytosterol was attained after 5-day fermentation, in comparison, only 523 mg (100 g)(-1) of phytosterol was assayed in fresh shoots residue. HPLC analysis of the main composition of total phytosterols displays that the types of phytosterols and composition ratio of main sterols keep steady. This laboratorial scale SSF unit could be scaled up for raw phytosterols production from discarded bamboo shoot residue and could reduce its cost.
authors.affiliation: Chongqing Key Lab of Catalysis and Functional Organic Molecules, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, 400067, People's Republic of China, xuxuzheng@ctbu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: X X
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D005285:Fermentation; D007753:Laboratories; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000494:pharmacology; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000737:chemistry*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010840:Phytosterols; D009584:Nitrogen