ABSTRACT

Endophytes are the microorganisms which resides with symbiotic association inside the plant tissues which mimic the natural compounds produced by the plants. Endophytes are evolving for millions of the years within the plant parts. They have colonized the plant parts without any apparent harmful effects or symptoms to the host plant, rather the endosymbiotic microbes produce beneficial products which helps the host plant to increase the immunity against the biotic and abiotic stress and defence against pathogens. In return, plants also secret some chemical components which act as nutrients for endophytic microbes that helps them to grow. Endophytes may be bacteria, fungi, archea etc. Now a days, endophytic microorganisms are gaining tremendous attraction of scientific community because of the production of valuable bioactive metabolites which have pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial importance. The fungal extracts show the pharmacologically important properties such as antimicrobial, antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic etc. This review emphasises on endophytic fungi and their bioprospecting potential for the production of bioactive metabolites which have medicinal and industrial values. Keywords: Endophytic fungi, antimicrobial activity, anticancer activity, anti- inflammation activity, anti- viral activity
Publication date: 01/02/2025

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.2.8722