Fungal Biotechnology of the Red Sea Alga Sarggassum subrepandum with Potential of Anticancer and Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Protease Activities

Background: Marine algal-derived endophytic fungi have attracted considerable attention in the recent decade due to their prolific production of structurally diverse secondary metabolites with various biological activities. In this study, the potential inhibition of endophytic fungi isolated from Red Sea brown alga Sargassum subrepandum was examined against HCV protease enzyme. Keywords: Anticancer, Aspergillus terreus, bisdethiodi(methylthio)acetylaranotin, HCV N3/4A protease, Red Sea, Sargassum subrepandum.