Emerging Investigators in Bioactive Fungal Metabolites
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 37860
Special Issue Editor
Interests: natural product chemistry; bioactive fungal metabolites; isolation and structure elucidation; chromatographic techniques; spectroscopic methods; biological activity
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Dear Colleague,
Fungi are a rich source of biologically active natural compounds. They are able to produce several specialized metabolites belonging to diverse structural classes, including anthracenones, butanolides, butenolides, cytochalasans, macrolides, naphthalenones, pyrones, terpenes, aromatic compounds and amino acids. Fungi interact with plants in various ways, and each interaction originates different alterations in both partners. Pathogenic fungi can produce phytotoxins that are poisonous or toxic for plants and play an important role in plant-pathogen interactions as well as in the development of disease symptoms. Endophitic fungi colonize inner healthy plant tissues without causing disease symptoms to their hosts and are known to confer considerable benefits by producing substances that stimulate plant growth and enhance resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.
Fungi can also produce beneficial or antagonistic metabolites involved in microbe-microbe interactions. Thus, the determination of the chemical structure of bioactive metabolites and their identification is fundamental to understand their function. Furthermore, fungal bioactive metabolites display several interesting biological activities and have potential applications in different fields, such as agriculture or medicine. Considering the biodiversity of the fungal kingdom and that only a small part has been investigated for the production of bioactive compounds, it is clear that a large number of chemical structures and biological activities remain unexplored.
This Special Issue will focus on the isolation and chemical characterization of known and new bioactive metabolites and/or the evaluation of their biological activities for potential applications in different fields.
Prof. Dr. Alessio Cimmino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural products
- pathogenic fungi
- endophytic fungi
- bioactive metabolites
- chemical ecology
- biopesticides
- antibiotics
- drugs
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