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Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature

Aims: The exploration of natural products with innovative uses is dynamic and expanding rapidly. Medicinal plants have fascinated many researchers that subsequently lead to research publications highlighting plant extracts with wide range of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, alkaloids, gly...

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Main Authors:	Elgharbawy, Amal A.M., Samsudin, Nurhusna, Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Salleh, Hamzah Mohd., Santhanam, Jacinta
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Published:	2020
Subjects:	TP248.13 Biotechnology TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	my.iium.irep.819952020-12-29T08:23:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81995/ Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature Elgharbawy, Amal A.M. Samsudin, Nurhusna Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Salleh, Hamzah Mohd. Santhanam, Jacinta TP248.13 Biotechnology TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Aims: The exploration of natural products with innovative uses is dynamic and expanding rapidly. Medicinal plants have fascinated many researchers that subsequently lead to research publications highlighting plant extracts with wide range of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, quinones, terpenoids, tannins and saponins that exhibit antimicrobial activities and disease control. The concentration of these bioactive compounds in each plant species varies based on the pathosystem and environmental conditions. This study aims to uncover the various types of phytochemicals with antifungal properties. Methodology and results: Seven categories of plant-based antifungal compounds were reviewed, which are terpenoids, saponins, phenolic compounds, coumarins, alkaloids, essential oils and peptides, with examples and structures of some available compounds. The mechanism of action of each category of phytochemical was discussed. Also, the impact of some compounds was explained and elaborated. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: It is of a great importance to explore natural plant fighters against fungal infection. Those active plant components do not only have antifungal properties, but they also help in the healing process and some even exhibit anticancer activities. The development and knowledge of antifungal activities from plant extracts have the potential for applications in antifungal therapy. Since the exact description of how antifungal compounds function in the human body is still unclear more studies are required to unveil phytochemicals’ properties and to elucidate their effects on living cells. 2020-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81995/1/elgharbawy%20et%20al.%202020_mjm.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81995/3/Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Microbiology_MyJurnal%20-%20Malaysia%20Citation%20Centre.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81995/5/Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Microbiology_Web%20of%20Science%20Master%20Journal%20List%20-%20Journal%20Profile.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81995/32/81995_Phytochemicals%20with%20antifungal%20properties_SCOPUS.pdf Elgharbawy, Amal A.M. and Samsudin, Nurhusna and Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa and Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun and Salleh, Hamzah Mohd. and Santhanam, Jacinta (2020) Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 16 (4). pp. 323-345. ISSN 1823-8262 E-ISSN 2231-7538
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spellingShingle	TP248.13 Biotechnology TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Elgharbawy, Amal A.M. Samsudin, Nurhusna Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Salleh, Hamzah Mohd. Santhanam, Jacinta Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
description	Aims: The exploration of natural products with innovative uses is dynamic and expanding rapidly. Medicinal plants have fascinated many researchers that subsequently lead to research publications highlighting plant extracts with wide range of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, quinones, terpenoids, tannins and saponins that exhibit antimicrobial activities and disease control. The concentration of these bioactive compounds in each plant species varies based on the pathosystem and environmental conditions. This study aims to uncover the various types of phytochemicals with antifungal properties. Methodology and results: Seven categories of plant-based antifungal compounds were reviewed, which are terpenoids, saponins, phenolic compounds, coumarins, alkaloids, essential oils and peptides, with examples and structures of some available compounds. The mechanism of action of each category of phytochemical was discussed. Also, the impact of some compounds was explained and elaborated. Conclusion, significance and impact of study: It is of a great importance to explore natural plant fighters against fungal infection. Those active plant components do not only have antifungal properties, but they also help in the healing process and some even exhibit anticancer activities. The development and knowledge of antifungal activities from plant extracts have the potential for applications in antifungal therapy. Since the exact description of how antifungal compounds function in the human body is still unclear more studies are required to unveil phytochemicals’ properties and to elucidate their effects on living cells.
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author	Elgharbawy, Amal A.M. Samsudin, Nurhusna Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Salleh, Hamzah Mohd. Santhanam, Jacinta
author_facet	Elgharbawy, Amal A.M. Samsudin, Nurhusna Benbelgacem, Farah Fadwa Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Salleh, Hamzah Mohd. Santhanam, Jacinta
author_sort	Elgharbawy, Amal A.M.
title	Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
title_short	Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
title_full	Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
title_fullStr	Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
title_full_unstemmed	Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature
title_sort	phytochemicals with antifungal properties: cure from nature
publishDate	2020
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