Stictic acid is an aromatic organic compound, a product of secondary metabolism in some species of lichens.

[1] Stictic acid is the subject of preliminary biomedical research.

Stictic acid has cytotoxic and apoptotic effects in vitro.

[2] Computational studies suggest stictic acid may also stimulate p53 reactivation.

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