Search Results - "Ingolfsdottir, K."
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In vitro and in vivo immunomodulating effects of traditionally prepared extract and purified compounds from Cetraria islandica
Published in International immunopharmacology (01-03-2008)“…Cetraria islandica (Iceland moss) has been used for centuries in folk medicine in many countries against a number of conditions, including inflammatory…”
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Usnic acid
Published in Phytochemistry (Oxford) (01-12-2002)“…Since its first isolation in 1844, usnic acid [2,6-diacetyl-7,9-dihydroxy-8,9b-dimethyl-1,3(2H,9bH)-dibenzo-furandione] has become the most extensively studied…”
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Antimycobacterial activity of lichen metabolites in vitro
Published in European journal of pharmaceutical sciences (01-04-1998)“…Several compounds, whose structures represent the most common chemical classes of lichen metabolites, were screened for in vitro activity against Mycobacterium…”
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In vitro and in vivo immunomodulating effects of traditionally-prepared extract and purified compounds from Cetraria islandica
Published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (01-05-2008)“…Human monocytes were isolated from healthy individuals and differentiated into immature dendritic cells by culturing them in the presence of IL-4 and…”
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In vitro susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to protolichesterinic acid from the lichen Cetraria islandica
Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (01-01-1997)“…Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon…”
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Anti-proliferative effects of lichen-derived inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase on malignant cell-lines and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes
Published in Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology (1998)“…Several lichen species have been used traditionally as medicinal plants. It has previously been shown that two low-molecular-weight lichen metabolites, lobaric…”
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Immunologically active (1→3)-(1→4)-α-D-Glucan from Cetraria islandica
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-03-1999)“…A polysaccharide, Ci-3, resembling isolichenan except with a much higher degree of polymerization, has been isolated from the water extract, as well as from…”
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Anti-proliferative lichen compounds with inhibitory activity on 12(S)-HETE production in human platelets
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-11-2004)“…Several lichen compounds, i.e. lobaric acid (1), a β-orcinol depsidone from Stereocaulon alpinum L., (+)-protolichesterinic acid (2), an aliphatic…”
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Polysaccharides from lichens: structural characteristics and biological activity
Published in Planta medica (01-04-2001)“…Lichens have been used for medicinal purposes throughout the ages, and beneficial claims have to some extent been correlated with their polysaccharide content…”
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Inhibitory effects of the lichen metabolite lobaric acid on arachidonate metabolism in vitro
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (1996)“…An extract containing phenolic constituents of the lichen Stereocaulon alpinum was shown to exhibit potent in vitro inhibitory effects on arachidonate…”
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Immunologically active polysaccharide from Cetraria islandica
Published in Planta medica (01-12-1994)“…A new alkali-soluble polysaccharide has been isolated from Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach., by ethanol fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography,…”
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Solubilization of the lichen metabolite (+)-usnic acid for testing in tissue culture
Published in Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology (01-11-2002)“…The pharmacological testing of natural products can often be hampered by the poor solubility of such compounds in non‐toxic solvents. There is thus a need for…”
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Effects of tenuiorin and methyl orsellinate from the lichen Peltigera leucophlebia on 5-/15-lipoxygenases and proliferation of malignant cell lines in vitro
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-10-2002)“…The orcinol derivatives tenuiorin (1) and methyl orsellinate (2) were identified as active components of an extract from the lichen Peltigera leucophlebia…”
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Immunomodulating polysaccharides from aqueous extracts of Cetraria islandica (Iceland moss)
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-10-1998)“…Several polysaccharide fractions, isolated from a hot aqueous extract of Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. by ethanol fractionation and ion-exchange chromatography,…”
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Solubilization of poorly soluble lichen metabolites for biological testing on cell lines
Published in European journal of pharmaceutical sciences (01-04-2005)“…The depside atranorin and depsidone fumarprotocetraric acid, isolated from the lichens Stereocaulon alpinum and Cetraria islandica, respectively, were chosen…”
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Anti-proliferative effects of lichen-derived lipoxygenase inhibitors on twelve human cancer cell lines of different tissue origin in vitro
Published in Planta medica (01-11-2004)“…Lipoxygenases (LOXs) have been implicated in carcinogenesis in various cancer types. In the current study, three structurally different lichen metabolites,…”
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Quantitative determination of protolichesterinic- and fumarprotocetraric acids in Cetraria islandica by high-performance liquid chromatography
Published in Journal of Chromatography A (03-01-1997)“…A quantitative reversed-phase HPLC method for the analysis of protolichesterinic- and fumarprotocetraric acids in Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. is described…”
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Mechanistic Evaluation of New Plant-Derived Compounds That Inhibit HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Published in Journal of natural products (Washington, D.C.) (01-07-1995)“…Swertifrancheside [1], a new flavonone-xanthone glucoside isolated from Swertia franchetiana, 1 beta-hydroxyaleuritolic acid 3-p-hydroxybenzoate [2], a…”
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Chromatography and electrophoresis in separation and characterization of polysaccharides from lichens
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Inhibitory effects of baeomycesic acid from the lichen Thamnolia subuliformis on 5-lipoxygenase in vitro
Published in Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) (01-06-1997)“…Baeomycesic acid (1), a β-orcinol depside isolated from the lichen Thamnolia subuliformis (Ehrh.) W. Culb. was tested for in vitro inhibitory effects on…”
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