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Review
. 2011 Dec 19;16(12):10604-18.
doi: 10.3390/molecules161210604.

Terpenoids from endophytic fungi

Jucimar Jorgeane de Souza  1 , Ivo José Curcino Vieira, Edson Rodrigues-Filho, Raimundo Braz-Filho
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Review

Terpenoids from endophytic fungi

Jucimar Jorgeane de Souza et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

This work reviews the production of terpenoids by endophytic fungi and their biological activities, in period of 2006 to 2010. Sixty five sesquiterpenes, 45 diterpenes, five meroterpenes and 12 other terpenes, amounting to 127 terpenoids were isolated from endophytic fungi.

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Figure 1
Chemical structures of sesquiterpenes from endophytic fungi.
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Figure 2
Chemical structures of diterpenes from endophytic fungi.
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Figure 3
Chemical structures of meroterpenes from endophytic fungi.
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Figure 4
Chemical structures of meroterpenes from endophytic fungi.
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Figure 5
Amount and percentage of the isolated metabolites.
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Figure 6
Growing of the study of endophytic fungi from 2006 to 2010.
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