Natural Products from Chilean and Antarctic Marine Fungi and Their Biomedical Relevance
Arrieche, Dioni
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Cabrera-Pardo, Jaime R.
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Carrasco, Hector
Universidad Autonoma de Chile
Taborga, Lautaro
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Journal
Marine Drugs
ISSN
1660-3397
Open Access
gold
Volume
21
Fungi are a prolific source of bioactive molecules. During the past few decades, many bioactive natural products have been isolated from marine fungi. Chile is a country with 6435 Km of coastline along the Pacific Ocean and houses a unique fungal biodiversity. This review summarizes the field of fungal natural products isolated from Antarctic and Chilean marine environments and their biological activities.