S. G. Lee, H. Y. Koh, H. Oh, S. J. Han, I.-C. Kim, H. K. Lee and J. H. Yim 2010: Human dermal fibroblast proliferation activity of usimine-C from Antarctic lichen Ramalina terebrata. - Biotechnology Letters32(4): 471-475. [RLL List # 220 / Rec.# 32005] Keywords: ANTARCTIC/ CCD-986SK/ CELL PROLIFERATION/ DERMAL FIBROBLASTS/ TYPE I PROCOLLAGEN/ USIMINE/ RAMALINA
Abstract: ["Recently, novel usimine compounds have been found in the Antarctic lichen Ramalina terebrata. In the present study, usimine-C induced cell proliferation of human dermal fibroblast, CCD-986SK, up to 1.6-fold after treating with 90 μg/ml for 48 h."]