Lecanoric acid, a secondary lichen substance with antioxidant properties from Umbilicaria antarctica in maritime Antarctica (King George Island)

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1033-1040

  Luo, Heng ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshikazu ^b   Kim, Jung ^a   Jung, Jae Sung ^a   Koh, Young Jin ^a   Hur, Jae Seoun ^a  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic lichens; Antioxidant activity; Bioresources; Lecanoric acid; Umbilicaria antarctica

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIOXIDANT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ISLAND; LICHEN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

CETRARIA ACULEATA; CLADONIA FURCATA; PSEUDEPHEBE PUBESCENS; SPHAEROPHORUS GLOBOSUS; STEREOCAULON ALPINUM; UMBILICARIA ANTARCTICA; USNEA; USNEA ANTARCTICA; USNEA AURANTIACOATRA;

EID: 70349413285     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0602-9     Document Type: Article

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