Bioactive secondary metabolites from psychrophilic fungi and their industrial importance (Chapter 10)

Abstract

Psychrophilic fungi are a remarkable boundless resource of new and unique products that have many applications in various fields including pharmaceutical, agriculture, cosmetics, and so on. Unfortunately, these were not studied extensively till lately, and therefore there is scope unraveling the benefits of fungi from low-temperature environments including icy habitats and deep-sea environments. Psychrophilic fungal assemblages are predominantly composed of cosmopolitan cold-adapted taxa, but many endemic species have been newly described such as in Antarctica and the Arctic. These need to be fully characterized and studied for the diverse resources that it promises. This chapter was an attempt to cover the extensive list of bioactive secondary metabolites, which is one of the many groups of metabolites produced by psychrophilic fungi, along with their applications in various fields.