The textile and dyeing industry has shown dramatic growth alongside synthetic chemistry in
the last century. With increased operations and economic importance, challenges also …

Synthetic pigments/non-renewable coloring sources used normally in the textile industry
release toxic substances into the environment, causing perilous ecological challenges. To …

Natural pigments and colorants have seen a substantial increase in use over the last few
decades due to their eco-friendly and safe properties. Currently, customer preferences for …

Covering up to 2020 Azaphilones are fungal polyketide pigments bearing a highly
oxygenated pyranoquinone bicyclic core; they are receiving a great deal of increasing …

Filamentous fungi are known to biosynthesize an extraordinary range of azaphilones
pigments with structural diversity and advantages over vegetal-derived colored natural …

To date little is known about the genetic background that drives the production and
diversification of secondary metabolites in the Hypoxylaceae. With the recent availability of …

Controlling the selectivity of a reaction is critical for target-oriented synthesis. Accessing
complementary selectivity profiles enables divergent synthetic strategies, but is challenging …

Currently, the ability to produce several kinds of water-soluble red natural colorants makes
the genus Talaromyces particularly important to the dye industry, which can be an …

Fungal azaphilones have attracted considerable interest as they exhibit great potential in
food and pharmacological industries. However, there is a severe bottleneck in the low …

Chaetomium (Chaetomiaceae), a large fungal genus consisting of at least 400 species, has
been acknowledged as a promising resource for the exploration of novel compounds with …