Medicinal Fungi

10pointer06 Oct, 2022Education

10POINTER- Recently, an analytical study of medicinal fungi carried out by researchers from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (IMSc), shows that some chemicals they secrete may find use as novel drugs. ??About the research The researchers used a database, MeFSAT (Medicinal Fungi Secondary Metabolites And Therapeutics), which compiles information on 184 medicinal fungi, including mushrooms. The researchers analysed the structure of 1,830 secondary metabolites of medicinal fungi.