Biosynthetic gene cluster synteny: Orthologous polyketide synthases in Hypogymnia physodes, Hypogymnia tubulosa, and Parmelia sulcata [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2023 Lichens are symbiotic associations consisting of a photobiont (algae or cyanobacteria) and a mycobiont (fungus), which together generate a variety of unique secondary metabolites.
Nadim Ahmad +6 more
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Toxicology Reports, 2017 Naturally occurring depsidones from the marine fungus Aspergillus unguis are known to have substantial anti-cancer activity, but their mechanism of action remains elusive. The purpose of this study was to examine the anti-aromatase activity of two common
Suthat Chottanapund +8 more
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Lichen-Derived Diffractaic Acid Inhibited Dengue Virus Replication in a Cell-Based System [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Dengue is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes 21,000 deaths annually. Depsides and depsidones of lichens have previously been reported to be antimicrobials. In this study, our objective was to identify lichen-derived depsides and depsidones as dengue
Naphat Loeanurit +10 more
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Toxicology Reports, 2019 There is an ongoing search for new compounds to lower the mortality and recurrence of breast cancer, especially triple-negative breast cancer. Naturally occurring depsidones, extracted from the fungus Aspergillus, are known for their wide range of ...
A. Zwartsen +6 more
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Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry, 2017 Lichens are widely distributed around the world. Their phenolic compounds, consisting mainly of depsides and depsidones, have been extensively studied for important biological activities.
Luiz Fabrício Gardini Brandão +6 more
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Depside and Depsidone Synthesis in Lichenized Fungi Comes into Focus through a Genome-Wide Comparison of the Olivetoric Acid and Physodic Acid Chemotypes of Pseudevernia furfuracea [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2021 Primary biosynthetic enzymes involved in the synthesis of lichen polyphenolic compounds depsides and depsidones are non-reducing polyketide synthases (NR-PKSs), and cytochrome P450s.
Garima Singh +3 more
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Evaluating the In Vitro Activity of Depsidones from Usnea subfloridana Stirton as Key Enzymes Involved in Inflammation and Gout [PDF]
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 Background: Traditionally, Usnea genus has significant uses in the treatment of swelling and tumors in Africa and Asia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the chemical constituents present in the acetone extract (AE) of Usnea subfloridana ...
Thanh-Trung Nguyen +5 more
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NMR-Spektroskopie einiger Depside und Depsidone [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 1968 Es werden die NMR-Spektren von 45 Depsiden und Depsidonen sowie von einigen Depsidspaltprodukten tabellarisch zusammengefaßt und diskutiert.
Siegfried Huneck, Pierre Linscheid
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Secalonic acid A from Pseudoparmelia sphaerospora (Nyl.) Hale and P. hypomilta (Fée) Hale (Parmeliaceae) [PDF]
Orbital - The Electronic Journal of Chemistry, 1995 Secalonic acid A, a yellow pigment from fungal metabolism, was isolated from the lichens Pseudoparmelia sphaerospora and P. hypomilta. From P. sphaerospora was also isolated the depsidone hypostictic acid.
Devincenzi, Izilda A. A. +2 more
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Naphthalenones and Depsidones from a Sponge-Derived Strain of the Fungus Corynespora cassiicola [PDF]
Molecules, 2016 Two new naphthalenones, corynenones A and B (1 and 2), and one new depsidone, corynesidone E (3), together with one known depsidone, corynesidone A (4) and two known diphenyl ethers, corynethers A (5) and B (6), were isolated from the sponge-derived ...
Dong-Lin Zhao +5 more
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