Lichens as a potential natural source of bioactive compounds: A review

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Shukla, Vertika ^a   Joshi, Geeta Pant ^b   Rawat, M S M ^b  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Lichen; Lichen substances; Natural product

Indexed keywords

10 CHLOROPANNARIN; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ATRANOL; ATRANORIN; BARBATIC ACID; COLCHICINE; DEPSIDE; DEPSIDONE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIFFRACTIC ACID; EVERNIC ACID; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOUSNIC ACID; LICHEN EXTRACT; LOBARIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; ORSELLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PANNARIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYSCION; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYKETIDE; PULVINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; SPHAEROPHORIN; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSINIC ACID; VULPINIC ACID;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; STOMACH LESION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77956391053     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-010-9189-6     Document Type: Review

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