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 …

Bioactivities, biosynthesis and biotechnological production of phenolic acids in Salvia miltiorrhiza

M Shi, F Huang, C Deng, Y Wang… - Critical reviews in food …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen in Chinese), is a well-known traditional Chinese
medicinal plant, which is used as not only human medicine but also health-promotion food …

Tanshinones, Critical Pharmacological Components in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Z Jiang, W Gao, L Huang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, a member of the Lamiaceae family, is valued in traditional
Chinese Medicine. Its dried root (named Danshen) has been used for hundreds of years …

Root cultures, a boon for the production of valuable compounds: A comparative review

MJ Hussain, Y Abbas, N Nazli, S Fatima, S Drouet… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants are an inevitable source of pharmaceutical drugs and most of the world
population depends on these plants for health benefits. The increasing global demand for …

Therapeutic compounds from medicinal plant endophytes: molecular and metabolic adaptations

G Sharma, S Agarwal, K Verma… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
During the last few decades, endophytes have attracted increased attention due to their
ability to produce a plethora of bioactive secondary metabolites. These compounds not only …

Strategies to modulate specialized metabolism in Mediterranean crops: From molecular aspects to field

R Balestrini, C Brunetti, M Cammareri… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant specialized metabolites (SMs) play an important role in the interaction with the
environment and are part of the plant defense response. These natural products are volatile …

Endophytic fungus Cladosporium tenuissimum DF11, an efficient inducer of tanshinone biosynthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza roots

H Chen, J Chen, Y Qi, S Chu, Y Ma, L Xu, S Lv… - Phytochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Salvia miltiorrhiza is a traditional medicinal plant mainly used for cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular disease treatment. Tanshinones are the main bioactive constituents of S …

Mechanisms in Growth-Promoting of Cucumber by the Endophytic Fungus Chaetomium globosum Strain ND35

Y Tian, X Fu, G Zhang, R Zhang, Z Kang, K Gao… - Journal of fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Endophytic fungi are effective in plant growth and development by secreting various kinds of
plant hormones and nutrients. However, the cellular and molecular interactions between the …

Isolation and identification of flavonoid-producing endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Conyza blinii H. Lév that exhibit higher antioxidant and antibacterial activities

Z Tang, Y Wang, J Yang, Y **ao, Y Cai, Y Wan, H Chen… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background Conyza blinii H. Lév is a medicinal plant that has a variety of pharmacological
activities, but its study is at a standstill due to the shortage of resources. Method This study …

Endophytic Fungi of Native Salvia abrotanoides Plants Reveal High Taxonomic Diversity and Unique Profiles of Secondary Metabolites

Y Teimoori-Boghsani, A Ganjeali, T Cernava… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi are often embedded in their host's metabolic networks, which can result in
alterations of metabolite production and higher amounts of active compounds in medicinal …