The extracts of Lobaria pindarensis, an edible lichen from Himalayas, suppress inflammatory response and fibrillation of amyloid β-protein in cultured microglial cells: Active depsidones, norstictic acid and stictic acid, are responsible for the functions

Lobaria pindarensis Räsänen is an edible and medicinal lichen found in the Himalayas that has been used as ethnomedicine for years to combat inflammation. The study aimed to evaluate the ability of L. pindarensis extracts and its main depsidones to suppress inflammation and Aβ fibril formation in cu...

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Main Authors: Mei-Xia Yang, Edwin Hok-Chi Cheng, Dusadee Ospondpant, Ka-Ki Tung, Li-Song Wang, Sheng-Ying Lin, Queenie Wing-Sze Lai, Qi-Yun Wu, Ying-Jie Xia, Ka-Wing Leung, Ran Duan, Tina Ting-Xia Dong, Karl Wah-Keung Tsim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464623002074