{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(2)"],"submitter":["Alvares JJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["The present study was aimed to exploit the haloarchaeon <i>Haloferax alexandrinus</i> GUSF-1 (KF796625) for the presence of biomolecules possessing antioxidant activity. The culture produced a bright orange pigment when grown aerobically in nutrient rich medium with 25% crude solar salt. Biomolecules from cell-free supernatant and from the cells of the culture were individually extracted through the assistance of solvents of different polarities, such as ethanol, methanol and hexane, and monitored for scavenging of stable free radicals. Each of the extracts showed varying capacities to scavenge DPPH<sup>•</sup>(20, 31, and 80% DPPH<sup>•</sup> RSA; 160.19, 248.29 and 640.76 AAE µg g<sup>-1</sup> of cells) at 1 mg mL<sup>-1</sup>. The extracellular ethanolic extract was polysaccharide in na"],"journal":["3 Biotech"],"pagination":["58"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7801588"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Characterization of multicomponent antioxidants from <i> Haloferax alexandrinus</i> GUSF-1 (KF796625)."],"pmcid":["PMC7801588"],"pubmed_authors":["Furtado IJ","Alvares JJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characterization of multicomponent antioxidants from <i> Haloferax alexandrinus</i> GUSF-1 (KF796625).","description":"The present study was aimed to exploit the haloarchaeon <i>Haloferax alexandrinus</i> GUSF-1 (KF796625) for the presence of biomolecules possessing antioxidant activity. The culture produced a bright orange pigment when grown aerobically in nutrient rich medium with 25% crude solar salt. Biomolecules from cell-free supernatant and from the cells of the culture were individually extracted through the assistance of solvents of different polarities, such as ethanol, methanol and hexane, and monitored for scavenging of stable free radicals. Each of the extracts showed varying capacities to scavenge DPPH<sup>•</sup>(20, 31, and 80% DPPH<sup>•</sup> RSA; 160.19, 248.29 and 640.76 AAE µg g<sup>-1</sup> of cells) at 1 mg mL<sup>-1</sup>. The extracellular ethanolic extract was polysaccharide in na","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Feb","modification":"2026-04-07T14:07:45.986Z","creation":"2022-02-11T15:46:23.75Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7801588","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33489677"],"doi":["10.1007/s13205-020-02584-9"]}}