The Genus Simplicillium and Emericellopsis: A Review of Phytochemistry and Pharmacology.

The demand for novel and improved medicine from biological sources to cater to the bio-pharmaceutical sector has increased significantly in recent years. Among the vast and miscellaneous microbial diversity, fungi provide a prolific source of structurally unique and biologically active secondary metabolites. Natural products obtained from fungi have reformed the era of biomedicine, providing effective drugs which have diverse healing potential. In this review we focus on the isolation, chemical structure, and bioactivity of biomolecules that have been identified and studied for the first time. Further, we also explain in substantial detail that how the vast uninvestigated Emericellopsis and Simplicillium species may serve as a potential treasure trove of chemically diverse compounds. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.