Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviews Review Faculty Publications- Reviews Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Multifarious pigment producing fungi of Western Ghats and their potential Subject The topic of the resource anticancer; endophyte; fungi; natural colorant; pigments; Western Ghats Description An account of the resource Concerns about the negative impacts of synthetic colorants on both con-sumers and the environment have sparked a surge of interest in natural col-orants. This has boosted the global demand for natural colorants in the food, cosmetics and textile industries. Pigments and colorants derived from plants and microorganisms are currently the principal sources used by mod-ern industry. When compared to the hazardous effects of synthetic dyes on human health, natural colors are quickly degradable and have no negative consequences. In fact, fungal pigments have multidimensional bioactivity spectra too. Western Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot has a lot of unique eco-logical niches known to harbor potential endophytic pigment-producing fungi having enumerable industrial and medical applications. Most of the fungi have coevolved with the plants in a geographical niche and hence the endophytic associations can be thought to bring about many mutually ben-eficial traits. The current review aims to highlight the potential of fungal pigments found in the Western ghats of India depicting various methods of isolation and screening, pigment extraction and uses. There is an urgent need for bioprospecting for the identification and characterization of ex-tremophilic endophytic fungi to meet industry demands and attain sustain-ability and balance in nature, especially from geographic hotspots like the Western Ghats. 2022 Horizon e-Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sivakumar B.; Rao N.R.; Poornamath B.P.; Jayaram S.; Sarojini S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Plant Science Today, Vol-9, No. 3, pp. 733-747. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Horizon e-Publishing Group Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1759" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1759</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135534637&amp;doi=10.14719%2Fpst.1759&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=abfc81a6ef9003ef8467c0d2792ff6f1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135534637&amp;doi=10.14719%2fpst.1759&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=abfc81a6ef9003ef8467c0d2792ff6f1</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23481900 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sivakumar B., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560 029, India; Rao N.R., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560 029, India; Poornamath B.P., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560 029, India; Jayaram S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560 029, India; Sarojini S., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, 560 029, India