TY - JOUR
T1 - Endophytes
T2 - A treasure house of bioactive compounds of medicinal importance
AU - Gouda, Sushanto
AU - Das, Gitishree
AU - Sen, Sandeep K.
AU - Shin, Han Seung
AU - Patra, Jayanta Kumar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Gouda, Das, Sen, Shin and Patra.
PY - 2016/9/29
Y1 - 2016/9/29
N2 - Endophytes are an endosymbiotic group of microorganisms that colonize in plants and microbes that can be readily isolated from any microbial or plant growth medium. They act as reservoirs of novel bioactive secondary metabolites, such as alkaloids, phenolic acids, quinones, steroids, saponins, tannins, and terpenoids that serve as a potential candidate for antimicrobial, anti-insect, anticancer and many more properties. While plant sources are being extensively explored for new chemical entities for therapeutic purposes, endophytic microbes also constitute an important source for drug discovery. This review aims to comprehend the contribution and uses of endophytes as an impending source of drugs against various forms of diseases and other possible medicinal use.
AB - Endophytes are an endosymbiotic group of microorganisms that colonize in plants and microbes that can be readily isolated from any microbial or plant growth medium. They act as reservoirs of novel bioactive secondary metabolites, such as alkaloids, phenolic acids, quinones, steroids, saponins, tannins, and terpenoids that serve as a potential candidate for antimicrobial, anti-insect, anticancer and many more properties. While plant sources are being extensively explored for new chemical entities for therapeutic purposes, endophytic microbes also constitute an important source for drug discovery. This review aims to comprehend the contribution and uses of endophytes as an impending source of drugs against various forms of diseases and other possible medicinal use.
KW - bioactive compounds
KW - Endophytes
KW - Foodborne diseases
KW - Secondary metabolites
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994005703&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01538
DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01538
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84994005703
SN - 1664-302X
VL - 7
JO - Frontiers in Microbiology
JF - Frontiers in Microbiology
IS - SEP
M1 - 1538
ER -