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. 2022 Feb 20;8(2):205. doi: 10.3390/jof8020205

Table 1.

Several endophytic fungi of host plants have been reported to produce compounds with similar activity.

No. Endophytic Fungus Host Plant Regions/Countries Compound Biological Activity Ref.
1 Lophiostoma sp. Eucalyptus exserta Guangzhou, China. Scorpinone Antibacterial [22]
2 Mycosphaerella sp. Myrciaria floribunda Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Myriocin Antifungal [23]
3 Mucor sp. Centaurea stoebe Idaho, USA Terezine E Antifungal and cytotoxicity [24]
4 Aspergillus calidoustus Acanthospermum australe Jalapao State Park, Tocantins, Brazil. Ophiobolin K
6-epi-ophiobolin K
Antifungal, trypanocidal and cytotoxicity [25]
5 Phomopsis sp. Garcinia kola (Heckel) nut Yaounde, Cameroon Cytochalasins H Antibacterial and cytotoxicity [26]
6 Aspergillus nidulans Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn Karachi, Pakistan Sterigmatocystin Antiproliferative activity [27]
7 Trichoderma asperellum and Trichoderma brevicompactum Vinca herbacea Hamedan, Iran 4b-hydroxy-12,13-epoxytrichothec-9-ene Antimicrobial
and antiproliferative activity
[28]
8 Phyllosticta elongata Cipadessa baccifera Western Ghats, India Camptothecin Anticancer agent [29]
9 Fusarium verticillioides Huperzia serrata Gucheng Mountain, Sichuan, China Huperzine A Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease [30]
10 Fusarium solani Cassia alata Bangladesh Napthaquinones
Azaanthraquinones
Cytotoxicity, antimicrobial and
antioxidant activity
[31]
11 Fusarium sp. and
Lasiodiplodia theobromae
Avicennia lanata Terengganu, Malaysia Anhydrofusarubin
dihydrojavanicin
Antitrypanosomal [32]
12 Corynespora cassiicola Gongronema latifolium Nigeria Corynesidone D Anti-inflammatory/anticancer agent [33]
13 Pestalotiopsis theae Camellia sinensis Theaceae Hangzhou, China punctaporonin H Antibacterial and cytotoxicity [34]
14 Phialocephala fortinii Podophyllum peltatum Tamilnadu, India Podophyllotoxin Antiviral, antioxidant, and antirheumatic activities [35]