• Irin Tandel
• Vikas Gupta
• Mr. Mohammed Mubeen Shaikh
• Ganesh Lad

Antimicrobial resistant necessitates development of new antimicrobial agents. Most drugs have a bacterial origin. Lichens produce pharmaceutically active metabolites from both algae and fungi as well as other metabolites that arise from the symbiotic interaction between the two. The present research investigates the pharmacological properties of lichen in terms of their ability to produce bioactive secondary metabolites. Extracts of the lichen were prepared in different solvents and a systematic phytochemical analysis of the extracts was performed. The extracts were also evaluated for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties as well as its GC-MS profile. The investigations revealed that the lichen contains a variety of pharmacologically active agents that are active against pathogenic microbes along with high antioxidant activity and merits further investigation for therapeutic use.

Parmotrema perlatum, GC-MS, antioxidant activity, antimicrobial activity

"Exploring the Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties and GC-MS Profile of the Indian Lichen Parmotrema perlatum", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.20-26, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903F04.pdf

"Exploring the Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties and GC-MS Profile of the Indian Lichen Parmotrema perlatum", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp20-26, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903F04.pdf