The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially

KD Hyde, J Xu, S Rapior, R Jeewon, S Lumyong… - Fungal Diversity, 2019 - Springer
Fungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of organisms. Due to the
immense range of habitats that fungi inhabit, and the consequent need to compete against a …

Marine natural products

JW Blunt, BR Copp, RA Keyzers, MHG Munro… - Natural Product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2014, 31, 160–258 This review covers the
literature published in 2013 for marine natural products (MNPs), with 982 citations (644 for …

Ursolic acid-based derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents: An update

V Khwaza, OO Oyedeji, BA Aderibigbe - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ursolic acid is a pharmacologically active pentacyclic triterpenoid derived from medicinal
plants, fruit, and vegetables. The pharmacological activities of ursolic acid have been …

Bioactive mushroom polysaccharides as antitumor: an overview

U Pandya, U Dhuldhaj, NS Sahay - Natural product research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Immuno-therapies are gaining more importance to treat certain forms of cancer. The goal of
therapies is to enhance person's own IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE and macrophages to combat …

An insight into the cytotoxic activity of phytol at in vitro conditions

B Pejin, V Kojic, G Bogdanovic - Natural product research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The cytotoxicity of the diterpene alcohol, phytol, was evaluated by using the MTT assay in
vitro against seven tumour cells and one normal cell of human origin. The compound tested …

Ursolic acid analogs as potential therapeutics for cancer

SS Panda, M Thangaraju, BL Lokeshwar - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ursolic acid (UA) is a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from a large variety of vegetables, fruits
and many traditional medicinal plants. It is a structural isomer of Oleanolic Acid. The …

Structural diversity and biological activities of the cyclodipeptides from fungi

X Wang, Y Li, X Zhang, D Lai, L Zhou - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cyclodipeptides, called 2, 5-diketopiperazines (2, 5-DKPs), are obtained by the
condensation of two amino acids. Fungi have been considered to be a rich source of novel …

The lignicolous fungus Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd (1920): a promising natural source of antiradical and AChE inhibitory agents

L Janjušević, M Karaman, F Šibul… - Journal of enzyme …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to determine antiradical (DPPH• and• OH) and acetylcholinesterase
(AChE) inhibitory activities along with chemical composition of autochtonous fungal species …

Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Tryptoquivalines and Meroditerpenes Isolated from the Marine-Derived Fungi Neosartorya paulistensis, N. laciniosa, N. tsunodae, and the Soil …

NM Gomes, LJ Bessa, S Buttachon, PM Costa… - Marine Drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
A new meroditerpene, sartorypyrone C (5), was isolated, together with the known
tryptoquivalines l (1a), H (1b), F (1c), 3′-(4-oxoquinazolin-3-yl) spiro [1 H-indole-3, 5′]-2 …

Natural products as promising targets in glioblastoma multiforme: a focus on NF-κB signaling pathway

M Soukhtanloo, E Mohtashami, A Maghrouni… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Springer
Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), as the broadest cerebrum tumor, is resistant to
current medical interventions, particularly chemo/radiation. Hence, it necessitates further …