Evernia furfuracea

Tree moss concretes and absolutes are prepared from Evernia furfuracea Fr., a lichen growing on conifer bark. Their odors are different from those of the correponding oakmoss products. 

Artemisia vulgaris herb Evernia furfuracea thallus Evernia prunastri thallus Hyssopus officinalis herb Platycladus orientalis cacumen Salvia officinalis leaf... 

Extract of oak moss. Extract made mainly from Evernia prunastri (oak moss) and Pseudevernia furfuracea (tree moss). Oak moss concrete is prepared by hydrocarbon solvent extraction of the lichen Evernia PrunastrU collected mainly from oak trees in Yugoslavia, France, Italy, Corsica, Morocco, Hungary, and various central European countries. Contains atranorin, evernic acid and usnic acid Synonyms oak moss-resinoid oil Mousse concrete oak moss oak moss extra resinoid colourless MD oak moss LA oakmoss oil oak moss resin oak moss resinoid diethyl phthalate codistillate Evernia furfuraceae spp. absolute tree moss absolute Mousse d arbre absolute Evernia spp. absolute Mousse de chene absolute Evernia furfuraceae spp. concrete Mousse d arbre concrete tree moss concrete Evernia prunasti spp. concrete Evernia prunasti spp. oil Evernia prunasti spp. resin Uses fragrance in many perfume mixtures, after-shave lotions etc. (hay new-mown hay animal fern green). PA... 

These two natural mosses are identified as follows oakmoss extracts derived from the lichen, Evernia prunastri (L.) Arch. (Usneaceae), growing primarily on oak trees, and tree moss extracts derived from a mixture of lichens, mainly Evernia furfuracea (L.) Arch. (Usneaceae) growing on... 

Gaskell et al. (1973) analyzed the hydrocarbons from three lichens by GLC and Furuya et al. (1966) some lichen anthraquinones. Ikekawa et al. (1965) reported on the GLC of zeorin and other triterpenes. Zeorin has a retention time of 4.96 min (1.5% SE-30 on Gas Chrom P, 80-lOOmesh, 150 x 4mm, 225°C, 80mlN2/min). Shibata et al. (1965) found that free zeorin gave two peaks, the minor one corresponding to zeorinine. The relative retention times for the acetates of the sterols isolated from Pseud-evernia furfuracea are summarized in Table 17 (Wojciechowski et al. 1973). 

Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf [syn. Evernia furfuracea, Borrera furfuracea] ... 

Coumarin [91-64-5] oa. Evernia furfuracea extract [90028-67-4] (Treemoss extract)... 

Kosanic M, Manojlovic N, Jankovic S et al (2013) Evernia prunastri and Pseudoevernia furfuraceae lichens and their major metabolites as antioxidant, antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Food Orem Toxicol 53 112-118... 

Europe (early modern era) Mixed with Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea as lichen quercinus virdes, a popular drug in early modem Europe (Senft 1911 Llano 1948). 

Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea lichens and their major metabolites evemic acid and physodic acid were screened for their antioxidant effects by Kosanic et al. (2013a) who found varying antioxidant success in free radical scavenging, superoxide anion radical scavenging and reducing power, and physodic acid was fotmd to be the most effective. 

Pseudevernia furfuracea Evernia prunastri Xanthoria parietina Peltigera polydactyla Peltigera rufescens Peltigera canina Collema cristatum Collema flaccidum... 

Large amounts of two lichens are processed for production of essential ingredients in the perfume industry thus in 1997 1900 tons of Pseudevernia furfuracea and 700 tons of Evernia prunastri were processed, mainly at Grasse, the centre of the essential oil industry in France (447). Usnic acid is used as a preservative in cosmetic creams (643) and atranorin, divaric acid, gyrophoric acid, pannarin, and usnic acid are potential sunscreen materials (294). 

Cosar G, Tumbay E, Zeybek N, Ozer A (1988) The Antibacterial and Antifungal Effect of some Lichens Growing in Turkey. Part I. Evernia prmastri, Pseudevernia furfuracea and Alectoria capillaris. Fitoterapia 59 505... 

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