Chemical composition of Cladonia sylvatica (L.) Hoffm.

A Koptina; A Shcherbakova; S Shvetsov; F Soldati; EM Romanov; G Ulrich-Merzenich

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1321221

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Planta Med 2012; 78 - PJ61
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321221

Chemical composition of Cladonia sylvatica (L.) Hoffm.

A Koptina ¹, A Shcherbakova ¹, S Shvetsov ¹, F Soldati ², EM Romanov ¹, G Ulrich-Merzenich ³

¹Mari State Technical University, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
²Pharmaton SA, 6934 Bioggio, Switzerland
³Medical Clinic III, University of Bonn, Willhelmstr. 35–37, 53111 Bonn, Germany

Congress Abstract

Cladonia sylvatica (L.) Hoffm. has been used in traditional medicine for many years and was included in the Pharmacopeia monograph “Lichens” registered in USSR in 1973. Here it is recommended as the natural source of usnic acid to produce sodium usniate, an antibacterial remedy for external use to treat infected wounds, trophic ulcers and burns (PhA 42–766–73). Recently a renewed interest in usnic acid has been noticed. The chemical composition of lichen Cladonia sylvatica collected in Mari El Republic of Russian Federation in 2011 has been analyzed in this study: