HR-LCMS BASED MYCHOCHEMICAL PROFILING OF ENDOPHYTIC XYLARIA ADSCENDENS (FR.) FR., IN WENDLANDIA THYRSOIDEA (ROTH) STEUD. OF CENTRAL WESTERN GHATS

Abstract

Endophytic fungi are important microbes that exit in the internal tissues of diverse parts of the plant, developing a mutual relationship. The present study was concentrated on the isolation, identification and mycochemical profiling of the fungal endophyte in the healthy and matured leaves of Wendlandia thyrsoidea (Roth) Steud. of Chikkamagaluru. The endophytic fungus was identified based on morphological characteristics and molecular characterization. The aim of this study is metabolite profiling by HR-LCMS and molecular characterization of endophytic Xylaria adscendens (Fr.) Fr., in Wendlandia thyrsoidea, an ethnomedicinally important and widely used plant in Indian subcontinent.