Research Progress of Aspergillus niger in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Food and Feed

doi:10.19586/j.2095-2341.2025.0062

Current Biotechnology ›› 2026, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (2): 254-259.DOI: 10.19586/j.2095-2341.2025.0062

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Research Progress of Aspergillus niger in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Food and Feed

Ziying YIN(), Quan WANG, Zhe WANG, Chen SUN, Zhao WEI, Ziqian YUAN, Yubing FENG

Hengshui Comprehensive Inspection and Testing Center，Hebei Hengshui 053000，China

Received:2025-05-16 Accepted:2025-07-30 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-04-27

Abstract

Abstract:

Aspergillus niger is an important industrial microorganism with strong enzyme secretion ability and biotransformation characteristics， which has shown extensive potential in the fields of traditional Chinese medicine， food and feed. At present， the industrial application of Aspergillus niger existes multiple bottlenecks such as unclear enzyme production efficiency， fermentation processes requires optimization， and poor cross disciplinary adaptability， meanwhile faces challenges such as technical research and development barriers and limited public awareness. The review summarized the research progress and application status of Aspergillus niger in traditional Chinese medicine， food， and feed， and looked forward to future research directions， in order to provide theoretical basis for further research and application of Aspergillus niger in fermentation related fields.

Key words: Aspergillus niger, fermentation of traditional Chinese medicine, food fermentation, feed fermentation, biotransformation

CLC Number:

Q939.9

Ziying YIN, Quan WANG, Zhe WANG, Chen SUN, Zhao WEI, Ziqian YUAN, Yubing FENG. Research Progress of Aspergillus niger in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Food and Feed[J]. Current Biotechnology, 2026, 16(2): 254-259.

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