Marine Fungi: A Source of Potential Anticancer Compounds.

ABSTRACT: Metabolites from marine fungi have hogged the limelight in drug discovery because of their promise as therapeutic agents. A number of metabolites related to marine fungi have been discovered from various sources which are known to possess a range of activities as antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer agents. Although, over a thousand marine fungi based metabolites have already been reported, none of them have reached the market yet which could partly be related to non-comprehensive screening approaches and lack of sustained lead optimization. The origin of these marine fungal metabolites is varied as their habitats have been reported from various sources such as sponge, algae, mangrove derived fungi, and fungi from bottom sediments. The importance of these natural compounds is based on t

SUBMITTER: Deshmukh SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5760561 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature