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        <journal-title>American Journal of PharmTech Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPTR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2249-3387</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPTR63042</article-id>
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        <article-title>Bioactive secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi from three medicinal plants in Nigeria</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>R</surname>
            <given-names>Abass Tolulope </given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>A</surname>
            <given-names>Adeleye Isaac</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>M</surname>
            <given-names>Adongbede Erute</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>A</surname>
            <given-names>Adekunle Adedotun</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abiodun.T</surname>
            <given-names>Seriki</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Botany, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2016-06-01">
        <month>06</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
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        <p>Endophytic fungi are potential sources of bioactive secondary metabolites that can be exploited for therapeutic purposes. Our study was aimed to identify bioactive secondary metabolites from crude extracts of endophytic fungi of three popular medicinal plants (Alstonia boonei- Ahun, Enantia chlorantha- Awopa and Kigelia africana- Pandoro) that have ethnobotanical history in Nigeria. The endophytic fungi were isolated from the stem barks of the plants using standard procedures. They were later fermented in broth culture, and the extract from the cell free broth of each of the fungi was subjected to Gas-Chromatography Mass-Spectrophotometry (GCMS). The results showed that, twenty-one different compounds were characterised from Aspergillus niger, Macrophomina sp, Trichoderma sp. and Penicillium species. The bioactive compounds include; Griseofulvin, Cinnamic acids, Penicillin, Coumarin, Cubenol, Erythritol among others. The presence of these compounds may contribute to the therapeutic properties of the plants.</p>
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        <kwd>Endophytic fungi</kwd>
        <kwd>bioactive secondary metabolites</kwd>
        <kwd>medicinal plant</kwd>
        <kwd>GC/MS</kwd>
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