Blar i Brage INN på forfatter "Rahman, Mahfizur"
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Reindeer lichen (Cladonia stellaris) from a Norwegian mountain region as a sustainable source of usnic acid
Rahman, Mahfizur; Falck-Ytter, Anne B.; Antonsen, Øyvind G.; Strætkvern, Knut O. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Summary. Usnic acid (UA) was extracted at 1.5-1.9 % dry weight from samples of Cladonia stellaris, a carpet-forming lichen growing abundantly in mountain areas in southeastern Norway. UA is known for its antibiotic activity ...