Fungal natural products and their effects have been known to humankind for hundreds of
years. For example, toxic ergot alkaloids produced by filamentous fungi growing on rye …

Plant diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi can lead to huge losses in the agricultural
fields and therefore remain a continuous threat to the global food security. Chemical-based …

The spread of multidrug-resistant strains of fungus and the reduced number of drugs
available, makes it necessary to discover new classes of antifungals and compounds that …

Microorganisms are known as important sources of natural compounds that have been
studied and applied for different purposes in distinct areas. Specifically, in the …

Introduction Secondary metabolites, also called specialized metabolites, are essential in
defense and cell-to-cell communication that play a significant role in pharmacotherapy …

Covering: 2009 to 2013 To date approximately 100 000 fungal species are known although
far more than one million are expected. The variety of species and the diversity of their …

Fungi were among the first sources for antibiotics. The discovery and development of the
penicillin-type and cephalosporin-type β-lactams and their synthetic versions were …

Fungi are the one of the most common microbes living around us in the environment which
could be pathogenic and sometimes life threatening. Lots of antifungal agents have been …

Covering: 1990 to 2009 Fungi have emerged worldwide as increasingly frequent causes of
healthcare-associated infections, but fungal infections have generally been considered …

In this review, we discuss novel natural products discovered within the last decade that are
reported to have antifungal activity against pathogenic species. Nearly a hundred natural …