Chemical compounds and antioxidant activity of Antarctic lichens

Kandelinskaya, Olga; Grischenko, Helena; Hihinyak, Yury; Andreev, Mikhail; Convey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-9903; Lukashanets, Dzmitry; Kozel, Nikolai; Prokopiev, Ilya. 2022 Chemical compounds and antioxidant activity of Antarctic lichens. Antarctic Science, 34 (1). 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102021000511

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We assessed the content of some major and trace elements and lichen compounds as well as antioxidant activity in eight lichen species representing four families collected in areas > 1 km distant from Bellingshausen (King George Island) and > 1 km distant from Molodezhnaya (Thala Hills, Enderby Land) research stations. Content levels of Cu, Pb, Cd, Zn and As in Physcia caesia, Physconia muscigena, Umbilicaria aprina, Umbilicaria decussata and Usnea aurantiaco-atra thalli were similar to or lower than previously reported for these species in the Maritime and Continental Antarctic, as well as from reference sites. The first data on the contents of 15 elements in Ramalina terebrata and Thamnolecania brialmontii thalli from the Maritime Antarctic are reported. Our analyses confirmed the presence of the main photosynthetic pigments in the species examined (chlorophyll a and b, phaeophytin a and b, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, lutein and β-carotene). We identified protolichesterinic acid in T. brialmontii thalli for the first time. Antioxidant activity varied from 190 μg/g dry weight (U. decussata) to 14,740 μg/g dry weight (T. brialmontii). The data obtained complement previous research while also providing new baseline data that will have utility in monitoring and identifying future change.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102021000511
ISSN:	0954-1020
Additional Keywords:	pollutants; antioxidant activity; chlorophyll; carotenoid; phaeophytin; atranorin; usnic, protolichesterinic, gyrophoric, fumarprotocetraric acids; maritime and continental Antarctic
Date made live:	24 Dec 2021 14:08 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528897

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