Chemotaxonomy of lichens

Ott, S., 1993. The influence of light on the ethylene production by lichens. In Feige, G.B., Lumbsh, H.T. (Eds.), Phytochemistry and Chemotaxonomy of Lichenized Ascomycetes - A Festchrift in Honour of Siegfried Huneck. Bibl. Licheno. 53, Cramen, Berlin and Stuttgart, pp. 185-190. 

Feige GB, Lumbsch HT (ed) (1993) Phytochemistry and chemotaxonomy of lichenized Ascomycetes. Bibl Lichenol 53 1-188... 

Lichen chemistry continues to be a flourishing branch of natural product chemistry. Since the last major review by Elix et al. in volume 35 of this series 274) many new and interesting lichen substances have been isolated and synthesized. This suggests that an update is desirable. As in the previous articles new methods for structure elucidation and synthesis, biosynthesis, chemotaxonomy and biological activities of lichen substances will be discussed. Some other relatively recent treatments of the subject need to be mentioned A short chapter by... 

Huneck S (1995) The Chemistry and Chemotaxonomy of the Lichen Order Arthoniales, Especially the Family Roccellaceae. Crypt Bot 5 36... 

Lichens are known to produce tremendous amounts of relatively low molecular weight secondary metabolite compounds, many of which are chemically diverse, ranging from aliphatic to aromatic orders (Turk et al. 2003). In addition to their role in lichen chemotaxonomy and systematics, lichen secondary compounds have several possible biological roles, including antitumor, antibacterial, anti-herbivore, antioxidant, and antiviral actions. 

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