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ReviewNatural product reports2020

Secondary metabolites from hypocrealean entomopathogenic fungi: novel bioactive compounds.

Liwen Zhang, Opemipo Esther Fasoyin, István Molnár, Yuquan Xu

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Review in Natural product reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Entomopathogenic fungi: insights into recent understanding.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025
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  19. Visualizing Oral Infection Dynamics ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Liwen ZhangBiotechnology Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P.R. China. xuyuquan@caas.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1593-2778
Opemipo Esther FasoyinBiotechnology Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P.R. China. xuyuquan@caas.cn.
István MolnárSouthwest Center for Natural Products Research, University of Arizona, 250 E. Valencia Rd., Tucson, AZ 85706, USA. imolnar@email.arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3627-0454
Yuquan XuBiotechnology Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P.R. China. xuyuquan@caas.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1363-6476
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

Combinatorial biosynthesis of fungal benzenediol lactone polyketidesR01GM114418 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI MOLNAR, ISTVAN · 2016 to 2019
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covering: 2014 up to the third quarter of 2019 Entomopathogens constitute a unique, specialized trophic subgroup of fungi, most of whose members belong to the order Hypocreales (class Sordariomycetes, phylum Ascomycota). These Hypocrealean Entomopathogenic Fungi (HEF) produce a large variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) and their genomes rank highly for the number of predicted, unique SM biosynthetic gene clusters. SMs from HEF have diverse roles in insect pathogenicity as virulence factors by modulating various interactions between the producer fungus and its insect host. In addition, these SMs also defend the carcass of the prey against opportunistic microbial invaders, mediate intra- and interspecies communication, and mitigate abiotic and biotic stresses. Thus, these SMs contribute to the role of HEF as commercial biopesticides in the context of integrated pest management systems, and provide lead compounds for the development of chemical pesticides for crop protection. These bioactive SMs also underpin the widespread use of certain HEF as nutraceuticals and traditional remedies, and allowed the modern pharmaceutical industry to repurpose some of these molecules as life-saving human medications. Herein, we survey the structures and biological activities of SMs described from HEF, and summarize new information on the roles of these metabolites in fungal virulence.

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AnimalsBiological ProductsHypocrealesInsectaMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMetabolomePolyketidesSecondary MetabolismTerpenesBiological ProductsPolyketidesTerpenes

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PMID32211639
PMCPMC7529686
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