Fat-soluble Ingredients from Paecilomyces spp

摘要

Paecilomyces is a genus closely related to Penicillium. Most species of Paecilomyces are common soilborne saprobes, a section in this genus is known primarily as parasites of insects. Some species of another section are quite tolerant of high temperatures. A lot of Paecilomyces have important physiological functions, mainly because they can produce many significant bioactive compounds. For example, P. variotii, is known to produce significant mycotoxins. P. lilacinus is strongly infectious to many nematodes and suitable to control plant nem-atodes in a few countries. Some other metabolites can promote the growth of young barley. Recently, nature fat-soluble substance, such as VA and VE were more and more attached importance to application of medicine and health food due to a good safety and high physiological activity. It was reported that vitamin Aand E possess many important functions in vivo.