Antioxidant Capacities, Phenolic Profile and Cytotoxic Effects of Saxicolous Lichens from Trans-Himalayan Cold Desert of Ladakh

Jatinder Kumar; Priyanka Dhar; Amol B. Tayade; Damodar Gupta; Om P. Chaurasia; Dalip K. Upreti; Rajesh Arora; Ravi B. Srivastava

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098696

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Antioxidant Capacities, Phenolic Profile and Cytotoxic Effects of Saxicolous Lichens from Trans-Himalayan Cold Desert of Ladakh

Jatinder Kumar,

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Priyanka Dhar,

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Amol B. Tayade,

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Damodar Gupta,

Affiliation Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Laboratory, Radiation Biotechnology Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Delhi, India
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Om P. Chaurasia ,

* E-mail: dropchaurasiadihardrdo@gmail.com

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Dalip K. Upreti,

Affiliation Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Division, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Rajesh Arora,

Affiliations Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Laboratory, Radiation Biotechnology Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Delhi, India, Office of the Director General-Life Sciences, DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi, India
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Ravi B. Srivastava

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Antioxidant Capacities, Phenolic Profile and Cytotoxic Effects of Saxicolous Lichens from Trans-Himalayan Cold Desert of Ladakh

Jatinder Kumar,
Priyanka Dhar,
Amol B. Tayade,
Damodar Gupta,
Om P. Chaurasia,
Dalip K. Upreti,
Rajesh Arora,
Ravi B. Srivastava

Published: June 17, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098696

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