• Dr.Vimalkumar C S
• Dr.Vimalkumar C S

Pharmaceutical industry’s demand for highly efficacious drugs has forced scientific community to find various alternative sources with potent secondary metabolites. The emergence of a more thoughtful approach by incorporating modern tools and techniques enabled the fungus-infected plants to become a novel source of new molecules/drugs and gained a unique position in the pharmaceutical industry. In this background a review on the topic from all available sources has been comprehended. The findings emerged from the review has shown that the plants infected by fungi produce an array of bioactive secondary metabolites with unique structures which include alkaloids, benzopyranones, flavonoids, phenolic acids, quinones, steroids, terpenoids, tetralones, xanthones, chinones, phenols, isocoumarins, benzopyranones, cytochalasins, enniatines and others. Most of the studies on secondary metabolites produced upon fungus infection revealed that they are very good antioxidants and have good pharmacological activities. They possess medicinal properties like hepatoprotection, anti-inflammation, immunomodulation, anticarcinogenicity, anti-infertility, etc. Apart from this the fungus-infected plants also produces certain secondary metabolites capable of synthesizing silver nanoparticles and these nanoparticles are good antioxidants with diverse pharmacological properties. The fungal infection provides protection to their host from insect, pest and herbivore attack. Upon infection by fungus, biomass production and mineral uptake increases. The fungus’ infection improves the host’s efficacy to tolerate drought, heat, salinity, etc. The review provides baseline data which is useful as a lead which often play a key role in the drug discovery and designing of novel drugs.

fungus-infected plants, secondary metabolites, antioxidants, pharmacology

"A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SECONDARY METABOLITES PRODUCED DURING PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.470-475, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T37.pdf

"A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SECONDARY METABOLITES PRODUCED DURING PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp470-475, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907T37.pdf