Plant-associated endophytes define an important symbiotic association in nature and are
established bio-reservoirs of plant-derived natural products. Endophytes colonize the …

Biotechnology is playing a vital alternative role in the production of pharmaceutical plant
secondary metabolites to support industrial production and mitigate over-exploitation of …

Fungal endophytes are well-established sources of biologically active natural compounds
with many producing pharmacologically valuable specific plant-derived products. This …

Medicinal plants remain a valuable source for natural drug bioprospecting owing to their
multi-target spectrum. However, their use as raw materials for novel drug synthesis has been …

Microbial endophytes are ubiquitous and exist in each recognised plant species reported till
date. Within the host plant, the entire community of microbes lives non-invasively within the …

Medicinal plants have been used for thousands of years in folk medicines and still are used
for their health benefits. In our days medicinal plants are exploited for the isolation of plant …

Fungi are an important and prolific source of secondary metabolites (SMs) with diverse
chemical structures and a wide array of biological properties. In the past two decades …

Endophytes either be bacteria, fungi, or actinomycetes colonize inside the tissue of host
plants without showing any immediate negative effects on them. Among numerous natural …

Background: Camptothecin (CPT) is a potent drug against cancers, originally from plants.
The endophytic fungi could produce the secondary metabolite same as the host and is used …

The metabolic potency of fungi as camptothecin producer elevates their prospective use as
an industrial platform for commercial production, however, the loss of camptothecin …