Determination of usnic acid in some Rhizoplaca species from middle Anatolia and their antimicrobial activities

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 47-51

  Cansaran, Demet ^a   Çetin, Demet ^a   Halici, M Gökhan ^b   Atakol, Orhan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Lichen; Rhizoplaca

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOPLACA; RHIZOPLACA CHRYSOLEUCA; RHIZOPLACA PELTATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645092136     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-1-209     Document Type: Article

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