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The aim of this study is to investigate chemical composition of acetone extracts of the lichens Evernia prunastri and Pseudoevernia furfuraceae and in vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer activities of these extracts and some their major metabolites. HPLC-UV method was used for identification of secondary metabolites. Antioxidant activity was evaluated by free radical scavenging, superoxide anion radical scavenging, reducing power and determination of total phenolic compounds. As a result of the study physodic acid had largest antioxidant activities. Total content of phenol in extracts was determined as pyrocatechol equivalent. The antimicrobial activity was estimated by determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration by the broth microdilution method. The most active was also physodic acid. Anticancer activity was tested against FemX (human melanoma) and LS174 (human colon carcinoma) cell lines using MTT method. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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PubMed ID:: 23220145

DOI:: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.11.034

ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Acetone,metabolism,Anti-Infective Agents,pharmacology,Antineoplastic Agents,Antioxidants,Ascomycota,Cell Line, Tumor,Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid,Colonic Neoplasms,pathology,Humans,Lichens,chemistry,Melanoma,Microbial Sensitivity Tests,Phenols,Superoxides

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Chemistry

Keywords: Acetone, metabolism, Anti-Infective Agents, pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents, Antioxidants, Ascomycota, Cell Line, Tumor, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Colonic Neoplasms, pathology, Humans, Lichens, chemistry, Melanoma, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Phenols, Superoxides

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