Endophytes from Ginkgo biloba and their secondary metabolites

Zhihui Yuan; Yun Tian; Fulin He; Haiyan Zhou

doi:10.1186/s13020-019-0271-8

Endophytes from Ginkgo biloba and their secondary metabolites

Chin Med. 2019 Nov 8:14:51. doi: 10.1186/s13020-019-0271-8. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Zhihui Yuan^{1

2}, Yun Tian¹, Fulin He^{3

2}, Haiyan Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ 1College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128 China.
² 3College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, 425199 China.
³ Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Ginkgo Biloba, Yongzhou, 425199 China.

Abstract

Ginkgo biloba is a medicinal plant which contains abundant endophytes and various secondary metabolites. According to the literary about the information of endophytics from Ginkgo biloba, Chaetomium, Aspergillus, Alternaria, Penicillium and Charobacter were isolated from the root, stem, leaf, seed and bark of G. biloba. The endophytics could produce lots of phytochemicals like flavonoids, terpenoids, and other compounds. These compounds have antibacteria, antioxidation, anticardiovascular, anticancer, antimicrobial and some novel functions. This paper set forth the development of active extracts isolated from endophytes of Ginkgo biloba and will help to improve the resources of Ginkgo biloba to be used in a broader field.

Keywords: Chinese medical plant; Endophytes; Ginkgo biloba; Secondary metabolites.

Publication types

Review