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Endophytic fungi and their metabolites isolated from Indian medicinal plant

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Endophytic fungi have been creating a considerable interest and curiosity among researchers since past three decades globally, owing to their recognition as an inexhaustible source of structurally and biologically novel compounds, alternative source of metabolites functionally identical to plant produced metabolites and their ability to impart resistance in host plants against various biotic and abiotic stresses. In this review, we have earnestly attempted to compile a vast array of endophytic fungi assemblages harbored inside Indian medicinal plants which have been reported during last decade from India.

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Authors are thankful to Prof. Robert Verpoorte for his encouragement. Kanika Chowdhary is grateful to Council of Industrial and scientific research, New Delhi, India, for providing Research Fellowship.

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    Kanika Chowdhary

  2. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 110003, India

    Nutan Kaushik

  3. ICA-CCMA, CSIC Serrano 115, dpdo, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Azucena Gonzalez Coloma

  4. Plant Pathology Unit, Biology Faculty, University of Laguna, AVDA, Astrofisico Francisco Sanchez, S/N, 38206, La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

    Cabrera Manuel Raimundo

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Chowdhary, K., Kaushik, N., Coloma, A.G. et al. Endophytic fungi and their metabolites isolated from Indian medicinal plant. Phytochem Rev 11, 467–485 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-012-9264-2

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