Identification and quantitation of allelochemicals from the lichen Lethariella canariensis: Phytotoxicity and antioxidative activity

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2049-2071

  Toledo Marante, F J ^a   Garcia Castellano A ^a   Estevez Rosas F ^a   Quintana Aguiar, J ^a   Bermejo Barrera, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelochemical; Allelopathy; Cytostatic activity; HPLC; Lethariella canariensis; Lichen; Lipid peroxidation; Parmeliaceae; Phenolics; Phytotoxicity; U937 and HL 60 cells

Indexed keywords

ATRANOL; ATRANORIN; BETA ORSELLINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CHLOROATRANOL; CHLOROATRANORIN; CHLOROHEMATOMMIC ACID; ETHYL CHLOROHEMATOMMATE; ETHYL HEMATOMMATE; HEMATOMMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; METHYL CHLOROHEMATOMMATE; METHYL HEMATOMMATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USNIC ACID;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; ANTIOXIDANT; LICHEN; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETHARIELLA CANARIENSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LICHENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; LETHARIELLA; LETHARIELLA CANARIENSIS; PARMELIACEAE;

EID: 0141678242     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025682318001     Document Type: Article

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