DNA barcoding and LC-MS metabolite profiling of the lichen-forming genus Melanelia: Specimen identification and discrimination focusing on Icelandic taxa [PDF]
, 2017 Taxa in the genus Melanelia (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) belong to a group of saxicolous lichens with brown to black foliose thalli, which have recently undergone extensive changes in circumscription.
Eiríksson, Finnur Freyr +5 more
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The isolation, analytical characterization by HPLC-UV and NMR spectroscopy, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of baeomycesic acid from Thamnolia vermicularis var. subuliformis [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this work was the analytical characterization of the β-orcinol depside, baeomycesic acid in lichens extracts. The extract of Thamnolia vermicularis var.
Bogdanović-Dušanović Gordana +5 more
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Diversity of Lecidea (Lecideaceae, Ascomycota) species revealed by molecular data and morphological characters [PDF]
, 2002 The diversity of lichens, especially crustose species, in continental Antarctica is still poorly known. To overcome difficulties with the morphology based species delimitations in these groups, we employed molecular data (nuclear ITS and mitochondrial ...
Branson, K +20 more
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Radical-scavenging Potential of Phenolic Compounds from Brazilian Lichens
Orbital: The Electronic Journal of Chemistry, 2015 Lichens produce a wide range of phenolic substances, mostly depsides and depsidones. As part of our ongoing study of lichens from the Cerrado biome in Mato Grosso do Sul state, the present article reports novel findings on the radical-scavenging ...
Neli Kika Honda +7 more
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Anticancer Potential of Lichens’ Secondary Metabolites
Biomolecules, 2020 Lichens produce different classes of phenolic compounds, including anthraquinones, xanthones, dibenzofuranes, depsides and depsidones. Many of them have revealed effective biological activities such as antioxidant, antiviral, antibiotics, antifungal, and
Zuzana Solárová +5 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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Comunidad liquénica de un bosque en peligro de extinción,con diferentes situaciones de manejo en el centro de Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 Se ha estudiado la comunidad de líquenes de un bosque nativo de Espinal de 300 ha bajo diferentes tipos de manejo definidos en sectores: pastoreo temporal, cultivos adyacentes, ajardinado y conservado.
Estrabou, Cecilia +2 more
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Actividad antioxidante de los polifenoles de HYPOGYMNIA TAVARESII D. HAWKSW. & P. JAMES
Química Nova, 2016 Lichen substances have more than one phenolic hydroxyl group attached to one or more benzene rings, thus qualifying them as polyphenols. The secondary metabolites isolated from the lichen H.
Elsa M. Rodríguez Pérez +4 more
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Molecules, 2018 A new depsidone derivative (1), aspergillusidone G, was isolated from a marine fungus Aspergillus unguis, together with eight known depsidones (2‒9) and a cyclic peptide (10): agonodepside A (2), nornidulin (3), nidulin (4), aspergillusidone F (5 ...
Wen-Cong Yang +6 more
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New taxa and new records from the Tasmanian lichen flora [PDF]
, 1995 Three new lichens from Tasmania, Cladonia sulcata var, depleta Elix & Kantvilas, Parmelia tarkinesis Elix & Kantvilas and Xanthoparmelia jarmaniae are described.
Elix, JA, Kantvilas, G
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