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CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 8, Pages 2860-2898Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02566-x
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- TWAS-CSIR (The World Academy of Science- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, India
- ICMR-SRF
- DST
- CSIR [HCP0010]
- CSIR under the Phytopharma Mission [HCP0010]
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Africa is home to a rich variety of medicinal plants, many of which have been scientifically proven for their medicinal values. However, the exploration of endophytes and their bioactive secondary metabolites from these plants is still limited.
Many people in different African countries are suffering from different diseases many of which result in serious life threat and public health problems with high risk of infection and mortality. Due to less accessibility and high cost of modern drugs, people of this continent often depend on traditional medicine using medicinal plants to manage the diseases. Africa has large tropical rain forests, which are very rich in medicinal plants. Many of them have been scientifically proven for their medicinal values. These medicinal plants which constitute a large repertoire of endophytes have not been significantly explored for the isolation of these microorganisms and their bioactive secondary metabolites. This review summarizes the research on endophytes isolated from medicinal plants of Africa, their pharmacological potential and some of their biotechnological aspects. Novel compounds reported from endophytes from Africa with their biological activities have also been reviewed. Information documented in this review might serve as starting point for future researches on endophytes in different African countries.
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