Downstreaming and purification of lovastatin from Monascus purpureus culture

Authors

Ajaz Ahmad
Bibhu Prasad
Shamshir Khan
Mohd. All
Saleem Javed

Abstract

Lovastatin, an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase was produced using M onascus purpureus strain. A new extraction procedure was applied which yielded 737mg of lovastatin per liter of synthetic medium from in to to culture. Purification of extracted lovastati...

DOI

10.56808/3027-7922.2183

First Page

39

Last Page

46

Recommended Citation

Ahmad, Ajaz; Prasad, Bibhu; Khan, Shamshir; All, Mohd.; and Javed, Saleem (2009) "Downstreaming and purification of lovastatin from Monascus purpureus culture," The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Vol. 33: Iss. 1, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56808/3027-7922.2183
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/tjps/vol33/iss1/4