TY - MANSCPT AU - Sarah Mohamed Osama Saeed AU - ProfDrEl-Sherei,Moshera M. AU - ProfDrSalama,Osama M. AU - ProfDrAl-Mahdy,Dalia A.M. AU - AssocProfRafaat,Marwa M. AU - DrBishr,Mokhtar M. TI - Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Endophytic Fungi of Hedera helix L. Plant  U1 - 615.321 22 PY - 2024/// KW - Pharmacognosy KW - Medicinal plants N1 - Under the Supervision of Prof. Dr. Moshera M. El-Sherei Professor of harmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University Prof. Dr. Osama M. Salama Late Professor of Pharmacognosy Vice President Future University in Egypt Prof. Dr. Dalia A. M. Al-Mahdy Professor of Pharmacognosy Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University Pharmacognosy Department Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University Egypt 2024 Assoc. Prof. Marwa M. Rafaat Associate Professor of Microbiology Faculty of Pharmacy Future University in Egypt Dr. Mokhtar M. Bishr Technical Director, Plant Manager of Arab Co. For Pharmaceuticals & Medicinal Plants (Mepaco); For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacognosy); Master Degree of Pharmacognosy - Faculty of Pharmacy- Cairo University 2019; Includes bibliographical references N2 - The demand for new and useful compounds to help and relieve people in all aspects of their lives is constantly increasing. Drug resistance in bacteria, the emergence of life-threating viruses, the enormous spreading of cancer, recurring disease problems in organ transplant recipients, and the massive increase in the incidence of fungal infections in the world's population all highlight our inability to deal with those medical issues. Owing to all these facts, there is a need to explore new and useful bioactive compounds to provide assistance and relief in all aspects of human conditions. Thus, the aim of this study was to screen the well-known medicinal plant Hedera helix L. for its endophytic fungi and to investigate their potential antimicrobial activities as well as their L-asparaginase production ability. Bio-guided fractionation approach was conducted to isolate the pure compounds from the most active fungal fraction. Out of total 6 different isolated endophytic fungal strains, only Aspergillus cejpii showed the highest activity against all tested microbial strains. The bio-guided fractionation of the DCM: MeOH fraction led to the isolation of spiculisporic acid. The compound showed good antimicrobial activities with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 3.9-31.25 μg/mL against all tested strains. Concerning the L-asparaginase enzyme production, Fusarium solani showed highest L-ASNase production (22.76 IU/ml/hr) and thus was selected for additional characterization and optimization studies on maximizing its productivity in addition to evaluating its subsequent cytotoxicity towards acute monocytic leukemia (THP1) and Human Skin Fibroblast (HSF) cell lines where it revealed promising cytotoxic activity against acute monocytic leukemia with IC50 = 3.66 μg/ml with low cytotoxicity against tested normal Human Skin Fibroblast cell line UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/6333 ER -