Little attention has been paid to the bryophytes as sources for human diet despite presence of 23,000 species in world. Some mosses contain Vitamin B1, tocopherols, prostaglandin-like highly unsaturated fatty acids and phenolic compounds. On other hand, liverworts enantiomeric mono-, sesqui- diterpenoids similar those found vascular plants. Additionally, they possess bibenzyls, bis-bibenzyls po...

In this study, in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Plagiomnium medium (Bruch & Schimp.), Leptodon smithii (Hedw.), Platyhypnidium alopecuroides (Brid.), Pterogonium gracile Pylasia polyantha (Hedw.) Timmia bavarica (Hessl.) was investigated. The prepared moss ethanol extracts determined using the disk diffusion method against 20 strains. DPPH (2,2-difenil-1-pikrilhidrazil) us...

Polar deserts are not devoid of life despite the extreme low temperature and scarcity of water. Recently, patterned stone fields--caused by periglacial activity--have been surveyed in the Arctic and Antarctic. It was found that the productivity of the cyanobacteria and algae (hypoliths) that colonise the underside of the stones is strongly related to the pattern of the stones. The hypolith asse...

The relative contribution of bryophytes to plant diversity, primary productivity, and ecosystem functioning increases towards colder climates. Bryophytes respond environmental changes at the species level, but because bryophyte are relatively difficult identify, they often lumped into one functional group. Consequently, function remains poorly resolved. Here, we explore how higher resolution di...

Bryophytes are terrestrial plants and they contain many important medical aspects. In this study, six different bryophytes (Polytrichastrum formosum, Plagiomnium cuspidatum, Hypnum jutlandicum, Sphagnum palustre, Rhizomnium punctatum Pellia epiphylla) were collected from Trabzon, Türkiye. The effect of the extract these on some human pathogenic microorganisms especially causing skin diseases (S...