Lichen secondary metabolites from the cultured lichen mycobionts of Teloschistes chrysophthalmus and Ramalina celastri and their antiviral activities

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 543-549

  Fazio, Alejandra T ^a   Adler, Monica T ^a   Bertoni, Maria D ^a   Sepúlveda, Claudia S ^a   Damonte, Elsa B ^a   Maier, Marta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lichen mycobiont; Parietin; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RAMALINA CELASTRI; TELOSCHISTES CHRYSOPHTHALMUS;

EID: 34548625193     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2007-7-813     Document Type: Article

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