A Friendly Relationship between Endophytic Fungi and Medicinal Plants: A Systematic Review

Endophytic fungi or endophytes exist widely inside the healthy tissues of living plants, and are important components of plant micro-ecosystems. Over the long period of evolution, some co-existing endophytes and their host plants have established a special relationship with one and another, which can significantly influence the formation of metabolic products in plants, then affect quality and quantity of crude drugs derived from medicinal plants. This paper will focus on the increasing knowledge of relationships between endophytic fungi and medicinal plants through reviewing of published research data obtained from the last 30 years. The analytical results indicate that the distribution and population…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 81473301, 81202865, 81573599, 81573696, 81403162