Bioactive endophytic fungi isolated from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilwood) and identification of beauvericin as a trypanocidal metabolite from Fusarium sp.

Aiming to identify new sources of bioactive secondary metabolites, we isolated 82 endophytic fungi from stems and barks of the native Brazilian tree Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Fabaceae). We tested their ethyl acetate extracts in several in vitro assays. The organic extracts from three isolates showe...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Fraga Campos, Policarpo A Sales Junior, Alvaro José Romanha, Márcio SS Araújo, Ezequias P Siqueira, Jarbas M Resende, Tânia MA Alves, Olindo A Martins-Filho, Vera Lúcia dos Santos, Carlos A Rosa, Carlos L Zani, Betania Barros Cota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000100065&lng=en&tlng=en