Figure 3.
Genomic mining and validation of the antiphotoaging metabolites of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). (A) Genes involved in the NAD, NADP, and oxidative stress pathways in different LAB strains. The antiphotoaging potential is indicated as a node, with green representing high potential and orange representing low potential. The existence of a gene is shown in the squares, with blue representing the presence of the gene and yellow representing the absence of the gene. (B) HPLC quantification of nicotinamide (NAM) levels in the minimum nontoxic dilutions (MNTDs) of different LAB strains.