Anti-inflammatory activity of (+)-usnic acid
C S Vijayakumar1, S Viswanathan, M K Reddy
1Medicinal Chemistry Research Centre, Institute of Pharmacology, Madras Medical College, Chennai 600003, India.
Fitoterapia
|July 14, 2001
Abstract:
(+)-Usnic acid, isolated from the lichen Roccella montagnei, showed a dose-dependent anti-inflammatory activity when tested on rats, employing acute and chronic models.

