Sesquiterpenoids specially produced by fungi: Structures, biological activities, chemical and biosynthesis (2015-2020)

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Fungi are widely distributed in the terrestrial environment, freshwater, and marine habitat. Only approximately 100,000 of these have been classified although there are about 5.1 million characteristic fungi all over the world. These eukaryotic microbes produce specialized metabolites and participate in a variety of ecological functions, such as quorum detection, chemical defense, allelopathy, and maintenance of symbiosis. Fungi therefore remain an important resource for the screening and discovery of biologically active natural products. Sesquiterpenoids are arguably the richest natural products from plants and micro-organisms. The rearrangement of the 15 high-ductility carbons gave rise to a large number of different skeletons. At the same time, abundant structural variations lead to a diversification of biological activity. This review examines the isolation, structural determination, bioactivities, and synthesis of sesquiterpenoids that were specially produced by fungi over the past five years (2015-2020).

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Dai, Q., Zhang, F. L., & Feng, T. (2021, December 1). Sesquiterpenoids specially produced by fungi: Structures, biological activities, chemical and biosynthesis (2015-2020). Journal of Fungi. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7121026

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