Diffractaic acid and usnic acid were identified as the analgesic and antipyretic components
of a lichen, Usnea diffracta. Both compounds showed an analgesic effect by the acetic acid-…

Organotin compounds (OTs) and representative booster biocides were measured in
sediment and mussels from Otsuchi Bay, Japan. The mean amounts of tributyltin (TBT) and …

Two distinct NADH oxidases, corresponding to H 2 O 2 -forming and H 2 O-forming enzymes
were purified to homogeneity from Streptococcus mutans and their basic properties …

Usnic acid acts on gram-positive bacterial) and is used as a skin germicide, but is not
industrially produced. It is widely spread in Usneaceae lichens, 2) but these lichens are not …

Inhibition of tumor promoter-induced Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) activation was screened using
tissue culture and thallus extracts of lichens. Usnea longissima ACH. thallus and Cetraria …

Secondary metabolites from Lichen, mainly phenolic compounds, have been analysed and
identified using high performance liquid chromatography with a photodiode array detector. …

We conducted physiological, pharmacological, and chemical studies using tissue cultures
derived from natural lichens. Cultured tissues of about 200 lichen species were initiated from …

An ion chromatography method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of
free urinary fluoride, using an ODS column dynamically coated with cetyldimethyl-n-…

To improve the present conventional management system for further expansion of line facilities,
a new system which has an automated, real‐time updating capability of system data has …

Eight lichen species, Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia furcata, Pseudephebe pubescens,
Sphaerophorus globosus, Stereocaulon alpinum, Umbilicaria antarctica, Usnea antarctica and …