Comprehensive Review of Endophytic Flora from African Medicinal Plants

Ntemafack, Augustin; Kapoor, Nitika; Ali, Sabeena; Jamwal, Vijay Lakshmi; Hassan, Qazi Parvaiz; Gandhi, Sumit G.

doi:10.1007/s00284-021-02566-x

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“…Endophytes act as important sources of structurally unique bioactive natural metabolites with a wide biotechnological potential. They represent an attractive source of natural products that can be used in agriculture, industry, and medicine [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. The formation of antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, cytotoxic, and immunosuppressive metabolites, as well as antioxidants and siderophores, has been previously found [14,15].…”

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Fungal Endophytes of Vitis vinifera—Plant Growth Promotion Factors

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Endophytes are microorganisms that live asymptomatically inside plant tissues. They are beneficial to their host in many aspects, especially as a defense against foreign phytopathogens through the production of a variety of metabolites. These substances can serve as sources of new natural products for medicinal, agricultural, and industrial purposes. This article is focused on endophytic fungi from Vitis vinifera. The purpose of the research was their isolation and identification during the Vitis vinifera growing season. Subsequently, the isolates were tested for the production of biotechnologically interesting metabolites (siderophores, antioxidants, and antifungal compounds). In total, 24 endophytic fungi were isolated, the most represented genus was Cladosporium sp. The results of the test for antioxidant and antifungal properties, as well as siderophore production, have shown that the population of Vitis vinifera endophytic microscopic fungi could serve as a promising source of metabolites with a wide range of applications.

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“…Nevertheless, some beneficial fungal species, such as Aspergillus, Psilocybe , and Strophariaceae taxa, were enriched under the inoculation of ASM. Aspergillus has been reported to be the most common genus of desert medicinal plants and can stimulate the growth of desert medicinal plants (Ntemafack et al, 2021 ). Psilocybe was considered to be an important biological source for medical compounds and displays important research value in phytochemistry, antioxidant and cellular immunity (Nkadimeng et al, 2020 ).…”

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Species identity and combinations differ in their overall benefits to Astragalus adsurgens plants inoculated with single or multiple endophytic fungi under drought conditions

Zuo

Qin

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Front. Plant Sci.

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Although desert plants often establish multiple simultaneous symbiotic associations with various endophytic fungi in their roots, most studies focus on single fungus inoculation. Therefore, combined inoculation of multiple fungi should be applied to simulate natural habitats with the presence of a local microbiome. Here, a pot experiment was conducted to test the synergistic effects between three extremely arid habitat-adapted root endophytes (Alternaria chlamydospora, Sarocladium kiliense, and Monosporascus sp.). For that, we compared the effects of single fungus vs. combined fungi inoculation, on plant morphology and rhizospheric soil microhabitat of desert plant Astragalus adsurgens grown under drought and non-sterile soil conditions. The results indicated that fungal inoculation mainly influenced root biomass of A. adsurgens, but did not affect the shoot biomass. Both single fungus and combined inoculation decreased plant height (7–17%), but increased stem branching numbers (13–34%). However, fungal inoculation influenced the root length and surface area depending on their species and combinations, with the greatest benefits occurring on S. kiliense inoculation alone and its co-inoculation with Monosporascus sp. (109% and 61%; 54% and 42%). Although A. chlamydospora and co-inoculations with S. kiliense and Monosporascus sp. also appeared to promote root growth, these inoculations resulted in obvious soil acidification. Despite no observed root growth promotion, Monosporascus sp. associated with its combined inoculations maximally facilitated soil organic carbon accumulation. However, noticeably, combined inoculation of the three species had no significant effects on root length, surface area, and biomass, but promoted rhizospheric fungal diversity and abundance most, with Sordariomycetes being the dominant fungal group. This indicates the response of plant growth to fungal inoculation may be different from that of the rhizospheric fungal community. Structural equation modeling also demonstrated that fungal inoculation significantly influenced the interactions among the growth of A. adsurgens, soil factors, and rhizospheric fungal groups. Our findings suggest that, based on species-specific and combinatorial effects, endophytic fungi enhanced the plant root growth, altered soil nutrients, and facilitated rhizospheric fungal community, possibly contributing to desert plant performance and ecological adaptability. These results will provide the basis for evaluating the potential application of fungal inoculants for developing sustainable management for desert ecosystems.

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“…With the in‐depth research on traditional Chinese medicine and the development of extraction and purification technology in recent years, researchers have found a common phenomenon that there are specific medicinal substances in different medicinal plant playing its pharmacodynamic role, such as ginsenoside from ginseng, astragalus polysacharin from radix astragali, taxol from taxus. However, certain rare drugs are expensive and difficult to obtain, and thus it is difficult to extract bioactive compounds from these plants (Ntemafack et al, 2021). Therefore, there is an urgent need for an alternative technology to obtain medicinal active compounds.…”

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“…Endophytic microbiomes (include fungi and bacteria) parasitized within roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and other tissues of many species of plants, while causing no harm to the host as shown in Figure 1 (Hoysted et al, 2019; Ntemafack et al, 2021). Endophytic fungi communities are diverse and could be isolated from herbs, woody plants, shrubs, crops, and some lower plants (Caruso et al, 2020).…”

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The medicinal potential of bioactive metabolites from endophytic fungi in plants

Xingyuan

Linjun

Chen

2022

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Endophytic fungi microbiomes are a special group, living in various tissues of plants such as roots, stems, and leaves. They can be isolated from strictly sterilized interior surface of host plant tissues on culture medium. Research have shown that bioactive secondary metabolites from endophytic fungi have unexpected medicinal potential. Moreover, there are complex interactions between endophytic fungi and their host plants, which may explain the fact that endophytes can produce plant-derived bioactive compounds. This manuscript briefly summarizes the relevant studies on bioactive compounds with biological medicinal value from endophytic fungi and the relationship with their host plant.

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Comprehensive Review of Endophytic Flora from African Medicinal Plants

Cited by 8 publications

References 107 publications

Fungal Endophytes of Vitis vinifera—Plant Growth Promotion Factors

Fungal Endophytes of Vitis vinifera—Plant Growth Promotion Factors

Species identity and combinations differ in their overall benefits to Astragalus adsurgens plants inoculated with single or multiple endophytic fungi under drought conditions

The medicinal potential of bioactive metabolites from endophytic fungi in plants

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