Bioactive lichen metabolites: Alpine habitats as an untapped source

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-307

  Boustie, Joel ^a   Tomasi, Sophie ^a   Grube, Martin ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Cold habitat; Natural compounds; Pharmacy; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

1' CHLOROPANNARIN; 4 O METHYLCRYPTOCHLOROPHAEIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BAEOMYCESIC ACID; CETRARIA ISLANDICA EXTRACT; COLCHICINE; CUCULLOQUINONE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIVARICATINIC ACID; ISODIVARICATINIC ACID; LOBARIC ACID; PANNARIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOLICHESTERINIC ACID; SPHAEROPHORIN; TENUIORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USNIC ACID;

ALGAE, LICHENS, MOSSES AND FERNS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LICHEN ISLANDICUS; LICHENS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

FUNGI;

EID: 80455149828     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-010-9201-1     Document Type: Article

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