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ReviewNatural products and bioprospecting2025

Newly isolated terpenoids (covering 2019-2024) from Aspergillus species and their potential for the discovery of novel antimicrobials.

Olusesan Ojo, Idris Njanje, Dele Abdissa, Tarryn Swart, Roxanne L Higgitt, Rosemary A Dorrington

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Review in Natural products and bioprospecting, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Eremophilane-Type Sesquiterpenoids from FungusMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Olusesan OjoDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. ojoolusesan33@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5898-8459
Idris NjanjeDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
Dele AbdissaDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
Tarryn SwartDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
Roxanne L HiggittDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa.
Rosemary A DorringtonDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. r.dorrington@ru.ac.za.

Funding

National Research Foundation, South Africa 87583UK Government's Newton Fund 96185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid emergence of drug-resistant microbial pathogens has posed challenges to global health in the twenty-first century. This development has significantly made most antibiotics ineffective in the treatment of infections they cause, resulting in increasing treatment costs and annual death rates. To address the challenge posed by these pathogens, we explore the potential of secondary metabolites from Aspergillus species as a source of new and effective therapeutic agents to treat drug-resistant infections. Terpenoids, a distinct group of natural products, are extensively distributed in plants and fungi, and have been attributed with significant antibacterial, anticancer, and antiviral activities. In this review, we present an overview of Aspergillus species, and review the novel terpenoids isolated from them from 2019 to April 2024, highlighting anti-infective activity against members of the ESKAPE pathogens. We further focus on the strategies through which the structural framework of these new terpenoids could be modified and/or optimized to feed a pipeline of new lead compounds targeting microbial pathogens. Overall, this review provides insight into the therapeutic applications of terpenoids sourced from Aspergillus species and the potential for the discovery of new compounds from these fungi to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Indexed as

Anti-infective activitiesAntimicrobial resistanceESKAPE pathogensFungiSecondary metabolites

Identifiers

PMID40097883
PMCPMC11914449

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