Insights in Fungal Bioprospecting in Mexico
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Mario Figueroa Saldivar, Adjunct Faculty (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Fungi have consistently been one of the richest sources of natural products, with unprecedented chemical scaffolds and potent biological activities. During the last 20 years, pharmacognosy researchers in Mexico, in collaboration with mycologists, have discovered many novel bioactive fungi natural products and new fungal species. To date, more than 100 bioactive secondary metabolites from 20 fungi from different ecosystems throughout Mexico have been documented in peer-reviewed literature according to Scopus and SciFinder databases. These include compounds from different biosynthetic origins and structural cores with the potential for the development of anticancer, antidiabetic, and/or pesticide agents.
Insights in Fungal Bioprospecting in Mexico
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- Publication
- Planta Medica, 84 (9-10), pp. 594-605
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- fungi, Mexico, bioprospecting, antidiabetic, agrochemical, anticancer