Segula Masaphy
MIGAL Galilee Research Institute, Israel
Biography
Segula Masaphy has expertise in fungal, mainly mushroom, ecology and biotechnology, including the study of their secondary metabolites bioactivities. Her studies includes the use of fungal cultures for isolating health promoting metabolites, where in earlier project a new antifungal compound belong to the echinocandins group was isolated from a newly isolated Fusarium strain. Currently, her research focuses on biotechnology of the Morchella edible mushroom and its exploitation.
Abstract
Abstract : Medicinal mushroom as a source for anti-Leishmanial activity