Biotransformations by endophytic fungi isolated from Ecuadorian traditional medicinal plants: connecting ethnomedicine with biotechnology

Ecuador, a small country with diverse ecosystems in the Amazon, Andes and Pacific coastal regions is considered one of the 17 "megadiverse” countries, and the native ethnic groups and rural communities have a strong ethnomedical tradition in the use of native plants in healing. Traditional ethn...

• Main Author: Scalvenzi Foglia, Laura (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: etnomedicina; plantas amazónicas; plantas andinas; endófito; hongos endófitos; biotecnología; biotransformación; ethnomedicine; Amazonian plant; Andean plants; endophyte; endophytic fungi; biotechnology; biotransformation
• Online Access: https://revistas.uea.edu.ec/index.php/racyt/article/view/20