Endophytic fungi: Biological control and induced resistance to phytopathogens and abiotic stresses

DC Fontana, S de Paula, AG Torres, VHM de Souza… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant diseases cause losses of approximately 16% globally. Thus, management measures
must be implemented to mitigate losses and guarantee food production. In addition to …

Endophytic fungi: Key insights, emerging prospects, and challenges in natural product drug discovery

P Tiwari, H Bae - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant-associated endophytes define an important symbiotic association in nature and are
established bio-reservoirs of plant-derived natural products. Endophytes colonize the …

A friendly relationship between endophytic fungi and medicinal plants: a systematic review

M Jia, L Chen, HL Xin, CJ Zheng, K Rahman… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi or endophytes exist widely inside the healthy tissues of living plants, and
are important components of plant micro-ecosystems. Over the long period of evolution …

Podophyllotoxin: history, recent advances and future prospects

Z Shah, UF Gohar, I Jamshed, A Mushtaq, H Mukhtar… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Podophyllotoxin, along with its various derivatives and congeners are widely recognized as
broad-spectrum pharmacologically active compounds. Etoposide, for instance, is the …

A critical review on exploiting the pharmaceutical potential of plant endophytic fungi

S Gupta, P Chaturvedi, MG Kulkarni… - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe
threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …

Fungal endophytes as efficient sources of plant-derived bioactive compounds and their prospective applications in natural product drug discovery: Insights, avenues …

A Singh, DK Singh, RN Kharwar, JF White, SK Gond - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fungal endophytes are well-established sources of biologically active natural compounds
with many producing pharmacologically valuable specific plant-derived products. This …

Endophytic fungi—alternative sources of cytotoxic compounds: a review

F Uzma, CD Mohan, A Hashem, NM Konappa… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a major cause of death worldwide, with an increasing number of cases being
reported annually. The elevated rate of mortality necessitates a global challenge to explore …

Fungal endophytes: unique plant inhabitants with great promises

AH Aly, A Debbab, P Proksch - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Fungal endophytes residing in the internal tissues of living plants occur in almost every plant
on earth from the arctic to the tropics. The endophyte–host relationship is described as a …

Plant associated fungal endophytes as a source of natural bioactive compounds

N Rai, P Kumari Keshri, A Verma, SC Kamble, P Mishra… - Mycology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Endophytes are a potent source of bioactive compounds that mimic plant-based metabolites.
The relationship of host plant and endophyte is significantly associated with alteration in …

Chemical signaling involved in plant–microbe interactions

FO Chagas, R de Cassia Pessotti… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Microorganisms are found everywhere, and they are closely associated with plants.
Because the establishment of any plant–microbe association involves chemical …