Fungal Phytotoxins: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Antonio Evidente
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 7
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Interests: organic stereochemistry; chiroptical spectroscopy; natural products; asymmetric catalysis; total synthesis; phytotoxins; computational chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature presents an almost inexhaustible source of a myriad of compounds with different chemical structures and biological activities. Among them, a relevant role is occupied by fungal phytotoxins, which play an important role in many plant diseases induced by fungal pathogens and belong to different classes of natural compounds. They frequently have original chemical structures and diversified biological activities. In fact, besides their specific phytotoxic activity, they have shown antifungal, insecticidal, and antibacterial activity, as well as anticancer, antiviral, and antimalarial activity in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, the study of fungal phytotoxins can be of wide interest for both agricultural and medical applications. Among the several phytotoxins uses, the most promising are as follows: (a) the development of rapid and specific diagnostic methods to detect plant diseases; (b) the selection of plants naturally resistant to a pathogen; (c) the formulation of new biopesticides (herbicides, fungicides, bactericides, insecticides, etc.) with high specificity and low environmental impact; (d) the development of new drugs with a peculiar mechanism of action for important medical applications (anticancer, antiviral, antimalarial, etc.). Prof. Antonio Evidente is certainly a globally renowned scientist in this field, and during his long career, he reached some fundamental milestones in fungal phytotoxin chemistry, discovering hundreds of new compounds, elucidating their mechanisms of action, and disclosing novel applications in agricultural and medicinal chemistry. In recognition of his outstanding legacy, this Special Issue of Toxins welcomes contributions that further extend and refine our understanding across all aspects of chemistry, biochemistry, and the toxicology of fungal phytotoxins.
Prof. Dr. Stefano Superchi
Prof. Dr. Antonio Randazzo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fungi
- phytotoxins
- biological activity
- application in agriculture and medicine
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