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ArticleScientific reports2019

Antifungal potential of secondary metabolites involved in the interaction between citrus pathogens.

Jonas Henrique Costa, Cristiane Izumi Wassano, Célio Fernando Figueiredo Angolini, Kirstin Scherlach, Christian Hertweck, Taícia Pacheco Fill

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Green Mold of Citrus: Recent Insights intoJournal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonas Henrique CostaInstitute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Cristiane Izumi WassanoInstitute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Célio Fernando Figueiredo AngoliniCenter for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC, 09210-580, Santo André, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-3471
Kirstin ScherlachDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.
Christian HertweckDepartment of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0367-337X
Taícia Pacheco FillInstitute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. taicia@unicamp.br.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRLeibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) · DEUniversidade Federal do ABC · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous postharvest diseases have been reported that cause substantial losses of citrus fruits worldwide. Penicillium digitatum is responsible for up to 90% of production losses, and represent a problem for worldwide economy. In order to control phytopathogens, chemical fungicides have been extensively used. Yet, the use of some artificial fungicides cause concerns about environmental risks and fungal resistance. Therefore, studies focusing on new approaches, such as the use of natural products, are getting attention. Co-culture strategy can be applied to discover new bioactive compounds and to understand microbial ecology. Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) was used to screen for potential antifungal metabolites involved in the interaction between Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium citrinum. MSI revealed a chemical warfare between the fungi: two tetrapeptides, deoxycitrinadin A, citrinadin A, chrysogenamide A and tryptoquialanines are produced in the fungi confrontation zone. Antimicrobial assays confirmed the antifungal activity of the investigated metabolites. Also, tryptoquialanines inhibited sporulation of P. citrinum. The fungal metabolites reported here were never described as antimicrobials until this date, demonstrating that co-cultures involving phytopathogens that compete for the same host is a positive strategy to discover new antifungal agents. However, the use of these natural products on the environment, as a safer strategy, needs further investigation. This paper aimed to contribute to the protection of agriculture, considering health and ecological risks.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCitrusFruitFungal ProteinsFungiFungicides, IndustrialMass SpectrometryPenicilliumPlant DiseasesSpores, FungalAntifungal AgentsFungal ProteinsFungicides, Industrial

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