Lecanoric

Lec`a`no´ric


a. 1. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic acid, diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Antifungal and antioxidant activities of mature leaves of Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC./Atividade antifungica e antioxidante de folhas maduras de Myrcia splendens (Sw.)DC
Antimicrobial activity of fumarprotocetraric acid, lecanoric acid, protocetraric acid and stictic acid isolated from different species of lichen.
Secondary metabolites from cetrarioid lichens: chemotaxonomy, biological activities and pharmaceutical potential
As part of our study of lichens from the Cerrado biome in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Midwest Brazil, the present article reports novel findings on the radical-scavenging activity of two depsides (atranorin and lecanoric acid), five depsidones (protocetraric, hypostictic, norstictic, salazinic, and psoromic acids), usnic acid, lichexanthone, and derivatives of 9'-O-alkyl protocetraric acid.
The depsides atranorin (1) and lecanoric acid (3), the depsidones protocetraric (2), salazinic (6), hypostictic (7) norstictic (8), and psoromic (9) acids, the xanthone lichexanthone (5), and usnic acid (4) isolated from lichen species were evaluated for their free-radical-scavenging activity towards 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH, a stable free radical) at 0.1 and 0.3 mM concentrations.
Concentrations of lecanoric acid in some Parmelia species, such as P.
Insecticidal Effect of Usnea longissima (Parmeliaceae) Extract against Sitophilus granarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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Studies on proximate composition, antifungal and anthelmintic activity of a macrolichen Ramalina hossei H. Magn & G. Awasthi
For example, antioxidant activity was found for lecanoric acid, salazinic acid, stictic acid, usnic acid (Luo et al.
Chemical composition of three Parmelia lichens and antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of some their major metabolites
The depsides (atranorin, diffractaic and lecanoric acids), depsidones (protocetraric, salazinic, hypostictic and norstictic acids), xanthones (lichexanthone and secalonic acid), and usnic acid, as well seven orsellinic acid esters, five salazinic acid 8',9'-0-alkyl derivatives and four lichexanthone derivatives, were evaluated for their activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Antimycobacterial activity of lichen substances
Another supportive report also emphasizes the correlation between antioxidative capacity and phenolic constituents, particularly methyl orsenillate, orsenillic acid, atranorin and lecanoric acid (Jayaprakasha and Rao, 2000).
Screening the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the lichens Parmelia saxatilis, Platismatia glauca, Ramalina pollinaria, Ramalina polymorpha and Umbilicaria nylanderiana