Table 2.

TPC and TFC of methanol extracts of lichens

Lichen species	TFC		TPC
	Present study (mg CE/ 100 g Dw)	Literature data	Present study (mg GAE/ 100 g Dw)	Literature data
P. sulcate	700 ± 7.1	9.6 ± 1.09  µg RuE/ mg extracta	3811 ± 71.25	25.1 ± 1.11  µg PCE/ mg extract a
E. prunastri	373 ± 4.2	20 ± 3  µg QE/ mg extractb	3585 ± 69.30	90 ± 3  µg GAE/ mg extractb
P. preatextata	310 ± 3.7	NA	1648 ± 72.3	109.3 ± 0.9  µg CE/ mg extractd
F. caperata	567 ± 6.3	27.46 ± 0.78  µg RuE/ mg extractc	1522 ± 67.2	90.83 ± 0.98  µg GA/ mg extractc
R. farinacea	295 ± 2.1	20 ± 3  µg QE/ mg extractb	1128 ± 70	75 ± 3  µg GAE/ mg extractb
R. sinensis	523 ± 5.1	NA	786.5 ± 56	14.7 ± 0.8  µg CE/ mg extractd
P. subrudecta	222 ± 2.3	NA	608 ± 42.1	NA

Dw dry weight, NA not availbale, QE quercetin, RuE rutin equivalent, PCE pyrocatechol equivalent

^aData from Kosanic et al. (2010)

^bData from Aoussar et al. (2021)

^cData from Mitrovic et al. (2011)

^dData from Luo et al. (2010)