Antibiotics are considered “wonder drugs” due to the fact that they are the most extensively
utilised medication in the world. They are used to cure a broad spectrum of diseases and …

Endophytic fungi from medicinal plants are a rich source of new biologically active
compounds. In the present study, an endophytic fungus Nigrospora sphaerica (Berk. & …

Alachlor, a chloroacetanilide endocrine disruptor herbicide is precarious for humans as well
as the environment. Though banned by the European Union and classified as moderately …

ABSTRACT Background and Aim: Increasing prevalence of nosocomial infections, due to
arbitrary use of antibiotics, has caused serious health problems. Natural compounds have …

The slow pace of discovery of new effective drugs against multi-drug resistant pathogens
and largely unsuccessful combinatorial chemistry has resulted in shifting the focus back to …

The bioassay-guided fractionation from cultures of the actinobacterium Saccharothrix
xinjiangensis Act24Zk, collected from the Caspian Sea beach in Iran led to the isolation of …

Abstract Aureobasidium sp., strain TD-062, a micro colonial black yeast, was obtained as
part of a screening program from the Thar Desert of India, which has been inadequately …

The taxonomic provenance of a filamentous actinobacterial strain isolated from a desert soil
was established using a polyphasic approach. The strain has chemotaxonomic and …

Background: Multi-drug resistance among pathogens is emerging due to the slow pace of
development of new antimicrobials by combinatorial chemistry. Natural products from …

Two actinomycetes isolates RK-302 and RK-320 obtained from limestone rock of Dehradun,
Uttarakhand were characterized morphologically, biochemically and by using 16S rDNA …