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Diversity of endophytic fungi in glycine max
Fernandes, Elio Gomes; Pereira, Olinto Liparini; Silva, Cynthia Cânedo da; Bento, Claudia Braga Pereira; Queiroz, Marisa Vieira deEndophytic fungi are microorganisms that live within plant tissues without causing disease during part of their life cycle. With the isolation and identification of these fungi, new species are being discovered, and ecological relationships with their hosts have also been studied. In Glycine max, limited studies have investigated the isolation and distribution of endophytic fungi throughout leaves and roots. Th...
Natural products as source of potential dengue antivirals
Teixeira, Róbson Ricardo; Ricardo, Róbson; Oliveira, Ana Flávia Costa da Silveira; Silva, Adalberto Manoel da; Oliveira, André Silva deDengue is a neglected disease responsible for 22,000 deaths each year in areas where it is endemic. To date, there is no clinically approved dengue vaccine or antiviral for human beings, even though there have been great efforts to accomplish these goals. Several approaches have been used in the search for dengue antivirals such as screening of compounds against dengue virus enzymes and structure-based computat...