Antibacterial potential of three seagrasses against human pathogens  

作　　者：Rengasamy Ragupathi Raja Kannan Rajasekaran Arumugam Perumal Anantharaman 

机构地区：[1]CAS in Marine Biology,Faculty of Marine Sciences,Annamalai University,Parangipettai-608 502,Tamilnadu,India

出　　处：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》2010年第11期890-893,共4页亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Objective:To evaluate the antibacterial activity of Halophila stipulacea(H.stipulacea), Cymodocea serrulata(C.serrulata) and Halodule pinifolia(H.pinifolia) against seven human bacterial pathogens.Methods:The antibacterial activities of the extracts on the various test organisms using disc diffusion method and Minimum Inhibitory Concentraction(MIC).Results: Methanol and chloroform extracts of all the three seagrasses were active against all the tested pathogens,whereas the hexane extract of seagrasses was not active against Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus).Antibacterial activity of three seagrass screened,was in the order of H.pinifolia 】 H.stipulacea.】 C.serrulata.Conclusions:This antibacterial studies can further investigated on seagrasses for purification of bioactive substance and its possible utility in disease control.Objective:To evaluate the antibacterial activity of Halophila stipulacea(H.stipulacea), Cymodocea serrulata(C.serrulata) and Halodule pinifolia(H.pinifolia) against seven human bacterial pathogens.Methods:The antibacterial activities of the extracts on the various test organisms using disc diffusion method and Minimum Inhibitory Concentraction(MIC).Results: Methanol and chloroform extracts of all the three seagrasses were active against all the tested pathogens,whereas the hexane extract of seagrasses was not active against Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus).Antibacterial activity of three seagrass screened,was in the order of H.pinifolia > H.stipulacea.> C.serrulata.Conclusions:This antibacterial studies can further investigated on seagrasses for purification of bioactive substance and its possible utility in disease control.

关 键 词：SEAGRASS Halophila stipulacea Cymodocea serrulata Halodule pinifolia ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY MIC 

分 类 号：Q948.8[生物学—植物学]