Abstract

Taxifolin is known to have multiple biological functions. It has been widely used as a multifunctional food additive, and consequently, the global demand for taxifolin is increasing. The main method for taxifolin production is an extraction from larch wood, but the global resources of larch are limited. Astilbin, taxifolin-3-o-rhamnoside, is abundant in many plants and much more readily available, meaning taxifolin can be obtained by deglycosylation of astilbin. In this study, a fungal strain, Aspergillus fumigatus SQH4, was isolated from an enrichment culture of Smilax glabra rhizome to achieve the deglycosylation reaction. A culture of SQH4, adjusted to pH 6.5, with 5 g/L astilbin achieved a yield of taxifolin of 91.3% after biotransformation for 14 h at 35 °C. These findings offer an alternative method for the production of taxifolin.

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