• Mansi Mehta
• Sapna Chaudhari
• Gaurav Shah

Pigments are the secondary metabolites produced by plants and microorganisms for their various applications in their life. Pigments are coloring compound which are used by humans to add colors in their life. Using synthetic pigments for the purpose of coloring food, clothes, fruit juices, paints are accepted worldwide previously but due to hazardous impact of synthetic colors on to the environment and also on human health made to go for alternative sources for the pigments which are safe to use. Isolation of natural pigment is the alternative solution which will make the pigment availability from natural sources without harming to the environment as well as on to the health. Natural sources like plants and microorganisms are used for the pigment production process. Pigment extraction from the plant will be somehow difficult and expensive as compared to the pigment extraction from the microorganisms. Microorganisms uses various cheap sources for growth and it make it easy to grow them on controlled condition and production of pigments in larger amount. Pigments are produced by growing microbes on solid nutrient agar medium and then it is purified by using centrifugation and filtration form the microorganisms while pigment isolation from plants requires extract preparation and then isolation of pigments using various solvents. This paper will describe about various different microbial and plant pigments and their various applications. As pigments are nowadays extracted from the biological sources it is known as “biocolors”.

Pigments are the secondary metabolites produced by plants and microorganisms for their various applications in their life. Pigments are coloring compound which are used by humans to add colors in their life. Using synthetic pigments for the purpose of coloring food, clothes, fruit juices, paints are accepted worldwide previously but due to hazardous impact of synthetic colors on to the environment and also on human health made to go for alternative sources for the pigments which are safe to use. Isolation of natural pigment is the alternative solution which will make the pigment availability from natural sources without harming to the environment as well as on to the health. Natural sources like plants and microorganisms are used for the pigment production process. Pigment extraction from the plant will be somehow difficult and expensive as compared to the pigment extraction from the microorganisms. Microorganisms uses various cheap sources for growth and it make it easy to grow them on controlled condition and production of pigments in larger amount. Pigments are produced by growing microbes on solid nutrient agar medium and then it is purified by using centrifugation and filtration form the microorganisms while pigment isolation from plants requires extract preparation and then isolation of pigments using various solvents. This paper will describe about various different microbial and plant pigments and their various applications. As pigments are nowadays extracted from the biological sources it is known as “biocolors”. Keywords: Pigments, Medicine, Food, Environment, Synthetic

"“EXTRACTION OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL PIGMENT, COMPARISION AND TO CHECK ITS STABILITY”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.184-190, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y97.pdf

"“EXTRACTION OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL PIGMENT, COMPARISION AND TO CHECK ITS STABILITY”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp184-190, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y97.pdf