Comparison of the phytotoxic effects of usnic acid on cultures of free-living alga Scenedesmus quadricauda and aposymbiotically grown lichen photobiont Trebouxia erici

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-411

  Bačkor, Martin ^a   Klemová, Katarína ^a   Bačkorová, Miriam ^a   Ivanova, Veneta ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Algae; Lichens; Secondary metabolites; Toxicity; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; USNIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ALGAL CULTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIBENZOFURAN; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; LICHEN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; LICHENS; SCENEDESMUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BENZOFURANS; EVOLUTION; LICHENS; SCENEDESMUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; FUNGI; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS QUADRICAUDA; TREBOUXIA; TREBOUXIA ERICI;

EID: 77952322581     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9776-4     Document Type: Article

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