Diversity and epimedium biotransformation potential of cultivable endophytic fungi associated with Epimedium brevicornum Maxim in the Qinling Mountains, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of biocatalysis technology to manufacture rare natural products can solve the contradiction between the market demand for rare natural products in large health industry fields and the protection and sustainable development of wildlife resources. However, the currently available research on fungal endophytes, which are great potential resources for glycoside hydrolase biocatalysts, is still insufficient. In this study, endophytic fungi from Epimedium brevicornum Maxim. were isolated in the Qinling Mountains, identified and tested for their potential to biotransform epimedium extracts into minor epimedium flavonoids.

Results

A total of 84 representative morphotype strains were isolated and identified via ITS rDNA sequence analyses and were grouped into 32 ta

SUBMITTER: Ma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11966834 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature