Endophytes as sources of bioactive products.
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.
Strobel
Gary A
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Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. uplgs@montana.edu
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D019448:Ethnobotany; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D017239:Paclitaxel