Preliminary Qualitative and Quantitative Screening of Phytochemicals in the Corticolous Lichen Lepraria leuckertiana (Zedda) L. Saag, Dhamtari District, Chhattisgarh, India
Deepmala Suryavanshi & Surendra Kumar Gautam · Asian Plant Research Journal · 2026
Background: Lepraria leuckertiana, a corticolous lichen from Central India, remains poorly studied despite lichens being recognized as rich sources of pharmacologically important secondary metabolites. Aims: The objective of this study was to examine the phytochemical profile (qu...