Gymnemagenin-producing endophytic fungus isolated from a medicinal plant Gymnema sylvestre R.Br.
Gymnema sylvestre is a plant containing the triterpenoid gymnemagenin, which is used in the pharmaceutical industry as an antidiabetic agent. The objective of this study was to determine whether endophytic fungi, isolated from G. sylvestre, produce gymnemagenin. We isolated an endophytic fungal strain from the leaves of G. sylvestre which produces gymnemagenin in the medium. The fungus was identified as Penicillium oxalicum based on morphological and molecular methods. The strain had a component with the same TLC Rf value and HPLC retention time as authentic gymnemagenin. The presence of gymnemagenin was further confirmed by FTIR, UV, and (1)H NMR analyses.
Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ramalingam
R
Parthasarathy
Muthukrishnan
M
Sathiyabama
D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D031104:Gymnema sylvestre / Q000382:microbiology*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010407:Penicillium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D000470:Alkaloids; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; C517988:gymnemagenin