Research Article

Evaluation of the Antioxidant Capacities and Cytotoxic Effects of Ten Parmeliaceae Lichen Species

Table 2

Values of LD50 for the methanol extracts of the ten studied Parmeliaceae lichens species towards MCF-7 and HepG2 cells in treatments of 24 h.

Lichen speciesLD50 (μg/ml) MCF-7LD50 (μg/ml) HepG2

Bulbothrix setschwanensis9192
Flavoparmelia caperata131272
Flavoparmelia euplecta6767
Flavoparmelia haysomii212193
Hypotrachyna cirrhata28141
Lethariella canariensis66351
Myelochroa irrugans14522
Parmelia omphalodes138260
Usnea aurantiacoatra339151
Usnea contexta20854