Antimicrobial activity of extracts of the lichen Xanthoparmelia pokornyi and its gyrophoric and stenosporic acid constituents

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 319-323

  Candan, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Meral ^a   Tay, Turgay ^a   Kivanç, Merih ^a   Türk, Hayrettin ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Gyrophoric and Stenosporic Acid; Xanthoparmelia pokornyi

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XANTHOPARMELIA POKORNYI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33746078824     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-5-603     Document Type: Article

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