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Title: | Antimicrobial substances of potential biomedical importance from holothurian species |
Authors: | Abraham, T. Jawahar Nagarajan, J. Shanmugam, S.A. |
Keywords: | Holothuria spp.;Actinopyga spp.;antimicrobial activity;bioactive substances;human pathogens |
Issue Date: | Jun-2002 |
Publisher: | CSIR |
Abstract: | Antibacterial and antifungal activities of alcoholic extracts of holothurian species such as Actinopyga echinites, A. miliaris. Holothuria atra and H. scabra of Tamil Nadu coast were studied. Bacteria such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus sp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio harveyi, and fish-borne mold, Aspergillus sp. were inhibited at varying levels by the extracts of A. miliaris, H. atra and H. scabra. Bacillus sp. was not affected by holothurian extracts. The results of the study revealed the presence of antimicrobial substances possibly steroidal sapogenins in holothuria. There exist a great potential for the extraction of bioactive substances of medical importance at a lower cost from marine holothurians. |
Page(s): | 161-164 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4309 |
ISSN: | 0379-5136 |
Appears in Collections: | IJMS Vol.31(2) [June 2002] |
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