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Lichen Secondary Metabolites as Potential Antibiotic Agents

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It is well known that pathogenic microbes pose serious threats to human health and are increasing in prevalence in institutional health care settings due to the growing resistance that infectious agents have developed against antibiotics. Therefore, new alternatives for combating the spread of infection through antibiotic-resistant microbes are necessary for keeping pace with the evolution of ‘super’ pathogens. Natural products are proposed as a therapeutic alternative to conventional antimicrobial treatment. Among them, lichen-derived products and their antibiotic properties are of special interest to scientists as up to 50% of all lichens have been reported to possess antibiotic activities. A great number of reports concerning the antimicrobial screening of lichens have appeared in the literature. According to published data, the lichens and their secondary metabolites exhibited the activity against a great number of microorganisms. Therefore, this study represents lichens as very interesting source of bioactive compounds which provide unlimited opportunities for new antimicrobial agents.

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Kosanić, M., Ranković, B. (2019). Lichen Secondary Metabolites as Potential Antibiotic Agents. In: Ranković, B. (eds) Lichen Secondary Metabolites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16814-8_3

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