AMB Volume 39, Issue 2, 2023 Pages 140-146 https://doi.org/10.59393/amb23390206
Biodiversity and Biopharmaceuticals of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Medicinal Plants Therapeutic Activity: Case studies of Lamiaceae Crops
Mamangkey J., Hartanto A., Rumahorbo C.G.P.
Endophytes present a potential for the exploitation of many secondary metabolites. This paper discusses the biodiversity of endophytes and their biopharmaceutical prospects in the members of Lamiaceae. Several genera of fungal endophytes were predominant in Lamiaceae plants including Diaporthe, Stemphylium, Botryosphaeria, Talaromyces, Fusarium, Cephalotheca, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Phoma can produce many types of secondary metabolites. Such secondary metabolites produced by the endophytes are involved in antioxidant, antidiabetic, antifungal, anticandidal, antileishmanial, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory activities, as well as mycopharmacological properties.
Keywords: Lamiaceae, endophytes, fungi, pharmaceutical activity
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