Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 6

Endophytic Fungi with Antioxidant Activity-A Review

  • Author:
  • Shylaja Gunasekaran, Shoba Sundaramoorthy, Uma Anitha, Mythili Sathiavelu, Sathiavelu Arunachalam
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 731 to 737

School of Bio-Sciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore-632014, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: asathiavelu@vit.ac.in

Online published on 30 July, 2015.

Abstract

Plant entophytic fungi have been considered as one of the important and novel resource of natural bioactive compounds, especially in pharmaceutical application. This review mainly deals with the research progression on the production of some of the antioxidant compounds produced by entophytic fungi of various medicinal plants for the last few years. The purpose of this review is to provide integrated information related to antioxidant compounds and fungal entophytes.

Keywords

Endophytes, Free radicals, Antioxidant metabolites, Medicinal plants