Crystal Structure Characterization of Natural Allantoin from Edible Lichen Umbilicaria esculenta

In China, Korea, and Japan, Umbilicaria esculenta is considered as both food and medicinal resources from lichen. In the current study, a prismatic crystal was first isolated from edible lichen U. esculenta via solvent fractionation. The structure of the crystalline compound was elucidated as allant...

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Main Authors: Baojun Xu, Changkeun Sung, Byunghee Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-08-01
Series:Crystals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/1/3/128