Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Two Sri Lankan Lichens, Parmotrema rampoddense, and Parmotrema tinctorum against Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Polwatta Samaraweera Arachchige Ishara ShiromiRuwani Punyakanthi HewawasamRankoth Gedara Udeni JayalalHasanga RathnayakeWeerasinghe Mudiyanselage Dilip Gaya Bandara WijayaratneD D C de S WanniarachchiPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)
Both lichens, P. rampoddense and P. tinctorum, represent potentially important sources of future antimicrobial drugs. Further investigation on the ethanol extract of P. rampoddense will enable us to determine the most active phytoconstituents responsible for the activity, their mechanism of action against bacterial pathogens, and also their cytotoxicity against normal cells.