Endolichenic fungi: a new source of rich bioactive secondary metabolites on the horizon

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 271-293

  Kellogg, Joshua J ^a   Raja, Huzefa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Biodiversity; Endolichenic fungi; Lichen; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BENZOPYRANOID DERIVATIVE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; KETONE; PEPTIDE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; STEROID; SULFUR CONTAINING CHROMENONE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; BIODIVERSITY; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM ELATUM; CHINA; CONIOCHAETA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOPYXIS MAJALIS; HUMAN; IC50; MYXOTRICHUM; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA TERRICOLA; NODULISPORIUM; NONHUMAN; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PHAEOSPHAERIA; PHYLOGENY; PREUSSIA AFRICANA; REVIEW; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ULOCLADIUM; XYLARIA;

EID: 84978086877     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-016-9473-1     Document Type: Review

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