Lichens: a promising source of antibiotic and anticancer drugs

Current Results on Biological Activities of Lichen Secondary Metabolites: a Review

(2015) Katalin Molnár et al.   ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Antibacterial Activities of Ramalin, Usnic Acid and its Three Derivatives Isolated from the Antarctic Lichen Ramalina terebrata

(2015) Babita Paudel et al.   ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Genotoxic, cytotoxic, and apoptotic effects ofHypogymnia physodes(L.) Nyl. on breast cancer cells

(2012) Ferda Ari et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

Lichen secondary metabolites are responsible for induction of apoptosis in HT-29 and A2780 human cancer cell lines

(2012) M. Bačkorová et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Effect of vicanicin and protolichesterinic acid on human prostate cancer cells: Role of Hsp70 protein

(2011) A. Russo et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of LichenUmbilicaria cylindrica(L.) Delise (Umbilicariaceae)

(2011) Nedeljko T. Manojlovic et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Some Lichens and Their Constituents

(2011) Marijana Kosanić et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD

In vitro interaction of usnic acid in combination with antimicrobial agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates determined by FICI and ΔE model methods

(2011) Bernardetta Segatore et al.   PHYTOMEDICINE

Dendritic Cell Activation by Glucan Isolated fromUmbilicaria Esculenta

(2011) Hyung Sook Kim et al.   Immune Network

Cladia aggregata (lichen) from Brazilian northeast: chemical characterization and antimicrobial activity

(2010) Mônica Cristina Barroso Martins et al.   BRAZILIAN ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Does usnic acid affect microtubules in human cancer cells?

(2010) MA. O'Neill et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

A novel anticancer agent, retigeric acid B, displays proliferation inhibition, S phase arrest and apoptosis activation in human prostate cancer cells

(2010) Han Liu et al.   CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS

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

(2010) Vertika Shukla et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Cellular Mechanisms of the Anticancer Effects of the Lichen Compound Usnic Acid

(2010) Eydis Einarsdóttir et al.   PLANTA MEDICA

A microbiotic survey of lichen-associated bacteria reveals a new lineage from the Rhizobiales

(2010) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Variable responses of different human cancer cells to the lichen compounds parietin, atranorin, usnic acid and gyrophoric acid

(2010) M. Bačkorová et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Antiproliferative activity of lichen extracts on murine myeloma cells

(2009) Doriana Triggiani et al.   BIOLOGIA

The chemoenzymatic synthesis of usnic acid

(2009) Drew J. Hawranik et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

A Lichen Substance as an Antiproliferative Compound against HL-60 Human Leukemia Cells: 16-O-Acetyl-leucotylic Acid Isolated fromMyelochroa aurulenta

(2009) Tetsuo TOKIWANO et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Anti-proliferative effects of Lethariella zahlbruckneri extracts in human HT-29 human colon cancer cells

(2009) Mei Rong Ren et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Culture studies on the mycobiont isolated from Parmotrema reticulatum (Taylor) Choisy: metabolite production under different conditions

(2009) Alejandra T. Fazio et al.   MYCOLOGICAL PROGRESS

Chemical composition of lichens and their medical applications

(2009) A. P. Podterob   PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY JOURNAL

Antimycobacterial activity of lichen substances

(2009) N.K. Honda et al.   PHYTOMEDICINE

In vitroanti-Helicobacter pyloriactivity of usnic acid

(2009) Birol Safak et al.   PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH

Antiproliferative Effects on Tumour Cells and Promotion of Keratinocyte Wound Healing by Different Lichen Compounds

(2009) Bruno Burlando et al.   PLANTA MEDICA

Culturable bacteria associated with Antarctic lichens: affiliation and psychrotolerance

(2009) Laura Selbmann et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Synthesis and cytotoxic activities of usnic acid derivatives

(2008) Marc-Antoine Bazin et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Galactofuranose-rich heteropolysaccharide from Trebouxia sp., photobiont of the lichen Ramalina gracilis and its effect on macrophage activation

(2008) Lucimara M.C. Cordeiro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Thin layer chromatography analysis of antioxidant constituents of lichens from Antarctica

(2008) Hari Datta Bhattarai et al.   Journal of Natural Medicines

Lichen metabolites prevent UV light and nitric oxide-mediated plasmid DNA damage and induce apoptosis in human melanoma cells

(2008) A. Russo et al.   LIFE SCIENCES

Immunomodulatory Effects of Polar Lichens on the Function of Macrophages In Vitro

(2008) Hye-Sook Choi et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Metabolism and related human risk factors for hepatic damage by usnic acid containing nutritional supplements

(2008) R. S. Foti et al.   XENOBIOTICA

Metabolic diversity of lichen-forming ascomycetous fungi: culturing, polyketide and shikimatemetabolite production, and PKS genes

(2007) Elfie Stocker-Wörgötter   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

A new antifungal and antiprotozoal depside from the andean lichenProtousnea poeppigii

(2007) Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann et al.   PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH