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Evaluation and Enhancement of Bioactive Compounds of Aspergillus terreus Endophyte Isolated from Neem by Gamma Irradiation

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

The quest for new bioactive compounds from natural origins is continuously growing. In this study, Nine endophytic fungi were isolated and identified morphologically from healthy parts of the Azadirachta indica (neem) medicinal plant, and their crude extracts were evaluated for antimicrobial effectiveness against 12 pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria, unicellular yeasts, and multicellular fungi. The cell-free filtrates were recovered using chloroform, diethyl ether, and ethyl acetate solvents. Ethyl acetate extraction of endophytic fungus E3 exhibited the highest antimicrobial activities using the response surface approach. The isolate was molecularly identified as Aspergillus terreus and deposited in the gene bank under accession number ON532722. In addition, the GC-MS analysis of normal and Gamma Irradiated A. terreus ethyl acetate crude extracts indicated the presence of 32 main bioactive components with diverse medicinal properties that demonstrate antioxidant scavenging activities of the DPPH free radical with an IC50 of 85.5 ± 3.62 µg/ml and 37.5 ±1.48 µg/ml for the normal and gamma-irradiated isolate respectively. Moreover, the bioactive substances demonstrated promising anticancer efficacy against human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG-2) and lung carcinoma (A-549) with IC50 values of 20.74± 1.08 µg/ml, 26.89 ± 1.63 µg/ml, 48.91 ± 3.85µg/ml and 30.95 ± 1.97 µg/ml towards normal and irradiated fungal extract, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.219348.8175

Keywords

Neem, Endophytic fungi, Optimization, Antimicrobial, antioxidant, Anticancer, GC-MS

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Abd Eltawab

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Radiation microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

Email

niesseria_em@yahoo.com

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First Name

Yousseria

Last Name

Shetaia

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

yousseriashetaia@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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First Name

Tarek

Last Name

El-Mongy

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Radiation Microbiology Dept., National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt

Email

mongy1@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Amany

Last Name

Abd El Aziz

MiddleName

Badr El-Deen

Affiliation

Radiation Microbiology Dept., National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA), Cairo, Egypt.

Email

abdelazizamany@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

67

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

44642

Issue Date

2024-02-01

Receive Date

2023-06-22

Publish Date

2024-02-01

Page Start

339

Page End

355

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_310743.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation and Enhancement of Bioactive Compounds of Aspergillus terreus Endophyte Isolated from Neem by Gamma Irradiation

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30 Dec 2024