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Violacein: properties and biological activities
Author(s) -
Durán Nelson,
Justo Giselle Z.,
Ferreira Carmen V.,
Melo Patrícia S.,
Cordi Livia,
Martins Dorival
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biotechnology and applied biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1470-8744
pISSN - 0885-4513
DOI - 10.1042/ba20070115
Subject(s) - chemistry , biology , computational biology
The violet pigment violacein is an indole derivative, isolated mainly from bacteria of the genus Chromobacterium , which exhibits important antitumoural, antimicrobial and antiparasitary properties. Furthermore, the formulation of violacein in different polymeric carriers developed so far offers alternative approaches to overcoming physiological barriers and undesirable physicochemical properties in vivo , thus improving its efficacy.