Table 6. Total proanthocyanidins (TPAC), flavanoids (TFC), and phenolic contents (TPC) in high altitude cold desert saxicolous lichensa.
| Lichen species | TPAC (mg CAE/100 g dw) | TFC (mg QAE/100 g dw) | TPC (mg GAE/100 g dw) | ||||||
| Water | Methanol | n-Hexane | Water | Methanol | n-Hexane | Water | Methanol | n-Hexane | |
| Dermatocarpon vellereum | 181.04±23.03 | 1506.34±142.65* | 120.24±14.93*# | 104.82±9.44 | 296.11±26.35* | 77.00±6.82*# | 471.19±20.46 | 2423.12±71.61* | 158.32±7.18*# |
| Umbilicaria vellea | 191.24±30.22 | 1356.98±132.75* | 143.41±12.72*# | 43.15±6.26 | 812.07±77.60* | 80.20±9.89*# | 240.80±14.14 | 2812.92±78.56* | 151.69±8.87*# |
| Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca | 152.82±18.62 | 709.93±78.83* | 144.11±15.93*# | 74.74±8.59 | 532.01±61.51* | 138.03±12.43*# | 228.07±12.62 | 2786.48±79.82* | 255.7±10.58*# |
| Rhizoplaca melanophthalma | 138.87±15.68 | 1202.16±148.54* | 70.25±8.53*# | 84.54±9.70 | 647.38±68.48* | 62.68±8.54*# | 272.30±11.68 | 2148.85±66.12* | 96.37±6.55*# |
| Pleopsidium flavum | 146.88±16.62 | 521.57±46.25* | 135.49±16.09*# | 66.45±7.52 | 272.54±26.97* | 162.90±31.58*# | 184.35±12.50 | 2096.01±68.20* | 174.78±9.27*# |
| Xanthoparmelia Mexicana | 195.24±25.51 | 4218.59±454.21* | 151.01±16.93*# | 142.68±15.50 | 3607.56±319.18* | 154.70±14.71*# | 169.87±10.52 | 5439.93±61.45* | 226.31±11.40*# |
| Acarospora badiofusca | 184.25±24.67 | 1303.54±152.62* | 127.68±13.52*# | 113.02±12.83 | 663.63±71.33* | 122.74±10.40*# | 324.95±14.73 | 2816.60±88.59* | 171.91±10.56*# |
| Xanthoria elegans | 176.01±22.01 | 1228.56±124.09* | 162.53±14.38*# | 117.06±11.01 | 256.85±20.21* | 158.25±23.28*# | 241.78±12.08 | 1974.04±51.98* | 203.42±10.11*# |
| Lecanora frustulosa | 156.27±14.59 | 638.56±66.78* | 144.98±15.03*# | 63.28±8.70 | 357.52±30.73* | 202.19±30.97*# | 192.56±8.56 | 1422.16±46.76* | 212.31±11.43*# |
| Lobothallia alphoplaca | 121.64±15.28 | 1409.38±144.93* | 69.09±9.74*# | 33.49±4.18 | 522.38±61.43* | 64.18±5.91*# | 157.89±8.17 | 2284.40±63.81* | 81.62±6.82*# |
| Physconia muscigena | 135.25±12.60 | 1241.10±138.07* | 154.03±18.97*# | 58.32±7.57 | 363.15±40.23* | 150.28±15.12*# | 196.27±9.58 | 2496.12±69.56* | 196.36±12.86*# |
| Melanelia disjuncta | 167.47±20.40 | 844.53±83.43* | 178.52±24.56*# | 88.15±9.44 | 528.29±48.35* | 140.64±16.44*# | 261.22±11.39 | 2522.67±64.54* | 198.03±12.51*# |
| Xanthoparmelia stenophylla | 302.18±36.65 | 1521.79±158.46* | 64.85±8.57*# | 97.81±10.60 | 1456.46±131.17* | 95.98±11.57*# | 332.46±19.49 | 1891.28±38.04* | 162.78±10.60*# |
| Peccania coralloides | 509.82±64.64 | 1648.33±162.32* | 143.18±15.67*# | 122.97±14.54 | 1444.84±152.48* | 142.03±12.22*# | 604.07±21.67 | 2745.55±81.41* | 180.28±12.86*# |
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Mean ±SD of three replicates
p<0.05: *compared with water extract; #compared with methanol extract.