A new antifungal and antiprotozoal depside from the Andean lichen Protousnea poeppigii

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Schmeda Hirschmann, Guillermo ^a   Tapia, Alejandro ^a,b   Lima, Beatriz ^b   Pertino, Mariano ^a   Sortino, Maximiliano ^c   Zacchino, Susana ^c   De Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^d   Feresin, Gabriela Egly ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antiprotozoal; Chile; Depside; Isodivaricatic acid; Lichens; Protousnea poeppigii; Usnea florida

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DEPSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOUSNEA POEPPIGII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USNEA FLORIDA EXTRACT; USNIC ACID;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LICHENS; METHYLATION; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTOUSNEA POEPPIGII; USNEA; USNEA FLORIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA; DEPSIDES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LEISHMANIA; LICHENS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; SALICYLATES; USNEA;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; FUNGI; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOUSNEA; USNEA FLORIDA;

EID: 40849135732     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2321     Document Type: Article

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