Antimicrobial activity of extracts of chemical races of the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea and their physodic acid, chloroatranorin, atranorin, and olivetoric acid constituents

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Türk, Hayrettin ^a   Yilmaz, Meral ^a   Tay, Turgay ^a   Türk, Ayşen Özdemir ^a   Kivanç, Merih ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial Activity; Lichen Compounds; Pseudevernia furfuracea

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNARIA CITRI; ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GAEUMANNOMYCES GRAMINIS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MYCOSPHAERELLA RABIEI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33748562509     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-7-806     Document Type: Article

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