ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Research Article | Open Access
Sohail Khan and Ashwani Mathur
Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Article Number: 9589 | © The Author(s). 2026
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2026;20(1):684-699. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.20.1.52
Received: 28 May 2024 | Accepted: 01 October 2024 | Published online: 09 March 2026
Issue online: March 2026
Abstract

The growing interest in the key and less explored organic compounds from the diverse mycobiota has been the domain of scientific interest due to their varied properties and potential applications in diverse sectors. The heterogeneity of fungal isolates from different geo-climatic habitats obtrudes every organism as unique and a potential source, awaiting exploration for novel biomolecules. In the current study, we isolated and characterized Aspergillus flavus from the soil of pine tree vegetation. The isolated was further explored for its metabolites using Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The dried extract was analyzed to be rich consortia of the diverse organic metabolites, Indole-3-acetic acid, Tryptophan, flavonoids (TFC), and others, that may confer catalogs of therapeutic activities including antioxidants, antimicrobials, and anti-cancerous properties. Further Ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) analysis showed 0.41 mg/mL of Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and 1.2 mg/mL of Tryptophan in the dried extract. The dried broth also showed antioxidant activity in the range of 70%-80% ascorbic acid equivalent, obtruding the isolate as a potential source of contribution to plant growth therapeutic and commercially important metabolites.

Keywords

Indole-3-acetic Acid, Bioactive Molecule, GC-MS, LC-MS, UPLC, Tryptophan, Antioxidant, ITS Sequencing

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