Pramitha, V S and Lipton, A P (2013) Antibiotic potentials of red macroalgae Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) Lamouroux and Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne. Seaweed Research and Utilization, 35 (1 & 2). pp. 95-107.
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Abstract
The methanol extract of Hypnea musciformis inhibited the growth of 66% of the Gram +ve bacteria tested. The crude extracts inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio alginolyticus by producing highest inhibitory zone range of 113.04 mm2 . In the aqueous extract, the activity was comparatively less specifically towards Gram -ve bacteria. It was also noted that the Hexane-Benzene (80:20%) fraction (HB5a) of H. musciformis exhibited potent activity not only against Gram -ve bacteria but also against Gram +ve Staphylococcus aureus. The higher bacterial inhibition zones (>78.5 mm2) were recorded in the methanol extracts of macroalgae for Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio alginolyticus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and also compared to the commercial antibiotics. The Hypnea valentiae extract at 0.1% was most active against Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio fischeri, V. alginolyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Micrococcus luteus at 20oC
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Antibiotic potentials; red macroalgae; Hypnea musciformis; Hypnea valentiae Montagne |
| Subjects: | Biochemistry > Bioactive compounds Algae |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Vizhinjam |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2013 07:06 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9589 |
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