Role of Endophytes in Pharmaceutical Industry

Sunil Kumar Singh

Abstract

Endophytic fungi live inside plants, apparently do not cause any harm to their hosts and may play important roles in defense and growth promotion. Endophytes have been proved to be a rich source of novel chemistry and biological molecules. Secondary metabolites produced from endophytes have been widely used in pharmaceutical industry. The review highlights some of its uses in pharmaceutical industry.

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