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Production of secondary metabolites by mycorrhizal plants with medicinal or nutritional potential

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This review surveys the results of recent studies and concludes that inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can increase the production of plant secondary metabolites that have medicinal or nutritional potential.

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We thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial support. We are grateful to Dr. David Bousfield for the English review and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable contributions.

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  1. Laboratório de Enzimologia e Fitoquímica Aplicada à Micologia (LEFAM), Universidade de Pernambuco, Campus Petrolina, Petrolina, PE, 56328-900, Brazil

    Maria Valdirene Leite Pedone-Bonfim & Fábio Sérgio Barbosa da Silva

  2. Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50740-465, Brazil

    Maria Valdirene Leite Pedone-Bonfim & Leonor Costa Maia

  3. Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Biologia Celular E Molecular Aplicada, Instituto De Ciências Biológicas, ICB/Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50100-130, Brazil

    Fábio Sérgio Barbosa da Silva

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Pedone-Bonfim, M.V.L., da Silva, F.S.B. & Maia, L.C. Production of secondary metabolites by mycorrhizal plants with medicinal or nutritional potential. Acta Physiol Plant 37, 27 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-015-1781-3

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