Journal Article

Recent Developments in Metabolomics Studies of Endophytic Fungi

Khaw, Kooi Yeong, Tong, Woei-Yenn, Ibrahim, Baharudin, Tan, Wen-Nee, Ahmad Bawadikji, Abdulkader, Leong, Chean-Ring, Lim, Jun-Wei, Nagarajan, Kashvintha

2021

Overview

Endophytic fungi are microorganisms that colonize living plants’ tissues without causing any harm. They are known as a natural source of bioactive metabolites with diverse pharmacological functions. Many structurally different chemical metabolites were isolated from endophytic fungi. Recently, the increasing trends in human health problems and diseases have escalated the search for bioactive metabolites from endophytic fungi. The conventional bioassay-guided study is known as laborious due to chemical complexity. Thus, metabolomics studies have attracted extensive research interest owing to their potential in dealing with a vast number of metabolites. Metabolomics coupled with advanced analytical tools provides a comprehensive insight into systems biology. Despite its wide scientific attention, endophytic fungi metabolomics are relatively unexploited. This review highlights the recent developments in metabolomics studies of endophytic fungi in obtaining the global metabolites picture.

• Publisher: MDPI AG,MDPI
• Subject: Bioactive compounds / bioactive metabolites / Biological activity / Cancer / Chromatography / Data analysis / Discriminant analysis / Endophytes / endophytic fungi / extraction / Fermentation / Fungi / liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry / Mass spectrometry / Metabolites / Metabolomics / Microorganisms / Multivariate analysis / NMR / Nuclear magnetic resonance / Review / Scientific imaging