Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Fungi
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1013
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Interests: natural product chemistry; structure elucidation; NMR spectroscopy; neurodegenerative disorders; biofilm inhibition; antimicrobial
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Dear Colleagues,
Fungi are ubiquitous eukaryotic organisms that can accommodate a vast variety of ecosystems. They vary from being safe edible foods to medicinal mushrooms or sometimes highly toxic variants. From the latest count of the number of fungi on the planet, it was estimated that there are 1.5 million species, with only one-tenth of these explored so far. Therefore, fungal diversity is still a promising research topic. In this Special Issue, we aim to valorize fungal secondary metabolites with interesting bioactivity/bioactivities in terms of their antimicrobial, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties, related neurodegenerative disorders, and others.
You are welcome to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting your research and/or review articles related to the topic of “Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Fungi”. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Sherif S. Ebada
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fungal biodiversity
- natural products
- anti-infective
- antibiotic resistance
- biofilm inhibition
- neurodegenerative disorders
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