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State the medicinal value and the bioactive molecules produced by Penicillium notatum, Monascus perpureus and Trichoderma polysporum.
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Penicillium notatum produces Penicillin which is an antibiotic. Thus it kills or retards the growth of disease-causing microbes.
Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercialized as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. It acts by competitively inhibiting the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of cholesterol.
Cyclosporin A, is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ-transplant patients, is produced by the fungus Trichoderma polysporum.
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