Usnea sp.: Antimicrobial potential, bioactive compounds, ethnopharmacological uses and other pharmacological properties; a review article

A Sepahvand, E Studzińska-Sroka, P Ramak… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Usnea sp. is a fruticose thalli lichen with interesting
medicinal properties. Since ancient times, Usnea sp. has been used in traditional medicine …

Parmeliaceae family: phytochemistry, pharmacological potential and phylogenetic features

MP Gómez-Serranillos, C Fernández-Moriano… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Parmeliaceae is the largest family of lichenized fungi comprising about 2700 species
distributed in about 80 genera. A wide array of secondary metabolites including depsides …

The genus Usnea: A potent phytomedicine with multifarious ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology

BS Paliya, R Bajpai, V Jadaun, J Kumar, S Kumar… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The genus Usnea Adans.(Parmeliaceae; lichenized Ascomycetes) is a typical group of
mostly pale grayish-green fruticoselichens that grow as leafless mini-shrubs. More than 360 …

Phytochemical composition, antimicrobial activities, and cholinesterase inhibitory properties of the lichen Usnea diffracta Vain

YM Hao, YC Yan, Q Zhang, BQ Liu, CS Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Lichens are important sources of versatile bioactive compounds. Two new dibenzofurans (1–
2), a multi-substituted single benzene ring (3), and two organic acid compounds (4–5) along …

[HTML][HTML] Two decades of DNA barcoding in the genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae): how useful and reliable is the ITS?

R Lücking, MRA Nadel, E Araujo… - Plant and Fungal …, 2020 - pfsyst.botany.pl
We present an exhaustive analysis of the ITS barcoding marker in the genus Usnea s. lat.,
separated into Dolichousnea, Eumitria, and Usnea including the subgenus Neuropogon …

Evaluation of antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of olivetoric and physodic acid in cultured human amnion fibroblasts

B Emsen, H Turkez, B Togar… - Human & Experimental …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
It is known that lichens are utilized for the treatment of many diseases including ulcer,
diabetes, and cancer for many years. Secondary metabolites in the structure of the lichens …

Chemical constituents from the Antarctic lichen Usnea aurantiaco-atra and their chemotaxonomic significance

KH Phi, JE So, JH Kim, MH Koo, JH Kim, D Kim… - Biochemical Systematics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical investigation of the Antarctic lichen Usnea aurantiaco-atra led to the isolation and
identification of eight compounds, including a dibenzofuran derivative (1), three phenolics …

Genotoxic, cytotoxic, and apoptotic effects of crude extract of Usnea filipendula Stirt. in vitro

SÇ KASIMOĞULLARI, S Oran, F Ari… - Turkish Journal of …, 2014 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Lichens are recently receiving great attention because they have potential anticancer
activity. Therefore, in this study, genotoxic and antigrowth properties of lichen species Usnea …

[PDF][PDF] Biosynthesis of Silver nanoparticles and investigation of genotoxic effects and antimicrobial activity

H Nadaroglu, A Alayli, S Ceker, H Ogutcu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - academia.edu
Health risk assessment of nanomaterials is a new and important area emerging; obtaining
nanoparticles by green synthesis method and performing cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and …

Determination of antimicrobial and antimutagenic properties of some Schiff bases

H Ogutcu, S Meral, S Ceker, AA Agar… - Anais da Academia …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
In this study, we aimed to investigate for the first time antimicrobial and antimutagenic
activities new two Schiff bases, obtained from a primary amine (p-toluidine, o-toluidine) and …