Endophytes as sources of bioactive products

Microbes Infect. 2003 May;5(6):535-44. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(03)00073-x.

Abstract

An increase in the number of people in the world having health problems caused by various cancers, drug-resistant bacteria, parasitic protozoans, and fungi is a cause for alarm. An intensive search for newer and more effective agents to deal with these disease problems is now under way and endophytes are a novel source of potentially useful medicinal compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Bacteria / chemistry*
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Ethnobotany
  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Fungi / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Paclitaxel / chemistry
  • Paclitaxel / isolation & purification
  • Plants / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Paclitaxel