STUDIES ON ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SEAWEEDS, ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS (LINNAEUS) AND GELIDIELLA ACEROSA (FORSSKAL) FROM PUDUCHERRY AND RAMESWARAM (SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA)

Authors

  • NOBEL SURYA PANDIDURAI R Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Salem – 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • KALAVATHI K AND PERUMAL P Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Salem – 636011, Tamil Nadu, India.

Keywords:

Enteromorpha intestinalis, Gelidiella acerosa, antibacterial activity, HPTLC.

Abstract

The main objective of the work was to evaluate and compare the invitro antibacterial
activity of seaweed using different solvent system. Seaweeds, Enteromorpha intestinalis
and Gelidiella acerosa, collected from Puducherry and Rameshwaram (South East
Coast of India). From the dried seaweeds extracts of crude bioactive compounds were
obtained using the solvents of acetone, diethyl ether, methanol:chloroform (1:1). The
seaweed extracts were tested against 12 human bacterial pathogens by disc diffusion
method. The methanol:chloroform extracts showed maximum zone of inhibition against
Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumonia, Vibrio cholera and Proteus mirabilis. The
HPTLC analysis of E.intestinalis methanol:chloroform extracts showed 14 different
phytochemical compounds. From the present study, it can be concluded that the green
alga Enteromorpha intestinalis is a potential source of bioactive compounds.

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31.03.2014

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NOBEL SURYA PANDIDURAI R, & KALAVATHI K AND PERUMAL P. (2014). STUDIES ON ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF SEAWEEDS, ENTEROMORPHA INTESTINALIS (LINNAEUS) AND GELIDIELLA ACEROSA (FORSSKAL) FROM PUDUCHERRY AND RAMESWARAM (SOUTHEAST COAST OF INDIA). International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 5(1), 1139–1147. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/3236

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Volume 5, Issue 1, 2014

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