Tissue culture of lichens
AssigneeNippon Paint Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshikazu Yamamoto, Ryuzo Mizuguchi, Yasuyuki Yamada
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Abstract
An undifferentiated symbiotic combination of alga and fungus cells, obtained directly from a lichen explant, are cultured in a media under appropriate conditions to produce aromatic lichenous substances and these substances are recovered.
Claims9
A process for preparing aromatic lichenous substances which consists essentially of culturing an undifferentiated symbiotic combination of alga and fungus cells obtained directly from a lichen explant in a culture media under appropriate conditions and for a sufficient period of time to allow production of at least one of the said lichenous substances and recovering at least one of said lichenous substances from said media.
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