“…4 Among these various bioactive compounds, azaphilone family has been isolated from fungi belonging to 23 genera from 13 families, such as, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Chaetomium, Talaromyces, Pestalotiopsis, Phomopsis, Emericella, and Epicoccum, as well as Monascus and Hypoxylon sp.. Several azaphilones are unique to one species and constitute taxonomically important marker metabolites. 5,6 Azaphilone family are structurally diverse pigments, mostly secondary metabolites of fungal origin, and are highly oxygenated bicyclic rings showing various biological activities, including antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, cytotoxic, nematicidal and anti-inflammatory activities.…”