The Diverse Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi in Plants

Dear Colleagues,

Endophytic fungi in plants are organisms that, during a variable period of their lifecycle, asymptomatically colonize the inner tissues of their hosts. Endophytic fungi have several well-established beneficial effects on plant health and growth. Moreover, endophytic fungi have gained increasing attention from natural product chemists because of their significant abilities in producing diverse and structurally unprecedented secondary metabolites, such as alkaloids, phenolic acids, quinones, steroids, polyketides, and terpenoids. Research on endophytes from different plant sources has yielded intriguing new metabolites with agricultural and/or medical applications. This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of the newly reported secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi in plants, with emphasis on their diverse chemical structures and potent biological activities.

Dr. Peng Zhang
Guest Editor

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• endophytic fungi
• secondary metabolites
• structural elucidation
• chemical diversity
• biological activity
• cytotoxic
• antimicrobial