Bioactive secondary metabolites from the endophytic fungus Chaetomium sp. isolated from Salvia officinalis growing in Morocco;Métabolites secondaires bioactifs du champignon endophytique Chaetomium sp. Isolé de Salvia officinalis qui pousse au Maroc

Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Debbab, Abdessamad ^a,d   Aly, Amal Hassan ^a   Edrada Ebel, Ru Angelie ^a   Müller, Werner E G ^b   Mosaddak, Mahjouba ^d   Hakiki, Abdelhak ^d   Ebel, Rainer ^c   Proksch, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Chaetomium sp.; Cochliodinol; Cytotoxicity; EC50; Endophytic fungi; Morocco; Salvia officinalis; Secondary metabolites; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHAETOMIUM; FUNGI; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SALVIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 70049099692     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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