Polyketide biosynthesis in lichen fungi Cladonia uncialis

Lichens are known producers of a variety of secondary metabolites. Fungal polyketides constitute a large family of these secondary metabolites that have a high degree of struc-tural diversity. Usnic acid is a lichen metabolite that has a broad range of biological ac-tivities. However the use of usni...

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Main Author: Abdel-Hameed, Mona El-Sayed
Other Authors: Sorensen, John (Chemistry)
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30246