Journal of Environment and Sociobiology

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Antibacterial, Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Inflammation Property of the Sea Weed, Porteresia coarctata, Collected from Mangrove Fringed Mudflat of Sundarban Coast, West Bengal


Affiliations
1 Department of Microbiology, Panskura Banamali College, Midnapur (E)-721152, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur (W)-721102, West Bengal, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


Porteresia coarctata (Syn = Oryza coarctata) is a perennial halophytic wild grass, relative of rice, member of Poaceae and acts as a pioneer species in the succession process of mangrove formation along the estuaries of India. The sequestering carbon, fertilizer in aquaculture and salt tolerance property of this mangrove associate has been dealt with by a number of workers earlier. But, the present study was to evaluate the antibacterial property of aqueous, acetone, ethanol and methanol extracts of Porteresia coarctata collected from the Matla river of Indian Sundarban delta. Collected sea weeds were screened for their antibacterial studies against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus fecalis and Bacillus subtilis and gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella pneumonia and Proteus vulgaris using disc diffusion method. Present study shows that ethanol extracts of Porteresia coarctata has maximum antibacterial activity against E.coli (1.2±0.01 mm) and Streptococcus fecalis (1.4±0.01 mm) at an MIC of 700 μg/mL and 500 μg/mL, respectively. Along with the antimicrobial activities, seaweeds also showed anti-diabetic activity and but have no anti-inflammation activity. Therefore, the results suggest that these sea weeds could be exploited in the management of various infectious diseases and can be used as for pharmaceutical purpose.

Keywords

Porteresia coarctata, Antibacterial, Sundarban, Anti-Diabetic, Anti-Inflammation.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Amirkaveei, S., Behrouz Alizadeh Behbahani, Sumitra Chanda, Dilip Bhayani and Dishant Desai 2011. Polyphenol and flavonoids of twelve Indian medical plants. Bioscan, 8: 595-601.

  • Abeysinghe, P. 2010. Antibacterial activity of some medicinal mangroves against antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria. Indian J. Pharmac. Sci., 72: 167-172.

  • Bandaranayake, W. M. 2002. Bioactivities, bioactive compounds and chemical constituents of mangrove plants. Wetl. Ecol. Manag., 10: 421-452.

  • Bauer, A. W., Kirby W. M. M. and Sherries, T. 1966. Antibiotic susceptibility testing by a standard single disc method. Am. J. Clin. Pathol, 45: 493-496.

  • Guerin-Faublee, V., Muller, M. L. D., Vigneulle M., Flandrois J. P. and 1996. Application of a modified disc diffusion technique to antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Vibrio anguillarum, Aeromonas salmonicida clinical isolates, Vet. Microbiol., 51: 137-149.

  • Gupta, V. K. and Roy, A. 2012. Comparative study of antimicrobial activities of some mangrove plants from Sundarban estuarine regions of India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6: 5480-5488.

  • Klimczak, Malecka, M., Szlachta, M. and Gliszczy-ska-wigo, A. 2007. Effect of storage on the content of polyphenols, vitamin C and the antioxidant activity of orange juices. J. Food Compos. Anal., 20: 313-322.

  • Nostro, A. 2000. Extraction methods and bioautography for evaluation of medicinal plant antimicrobial activity. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 30(5): 379-84.

  • Rupasinghe, V. H. P. and Cleggs 2007. Total antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content, mineral elements, and histamine concentrations in wines of different fruit sources. J. Food Compos. Anal., 20: 133-137.

  • Roome, T., Dar, A., Ali, S., Naqvi, S. and Choudhary, M. I. 2008. A study on antioxidant, free radical scavenging, anti-inflam, S. 2007. Matory and hepatoprotective actions of Aegiceras corniculatum (stem) extracts, J. Ethnopharmacol., 118: 514-21.

  • Rajkrishnan, A. and Ponnusamy, K. 2006. Antifungal activity of Clerodendrum inerme (L.) and Clerodendrum phlomidis (L.). Turk. J. Biol., 30: 139-142.

  • Sayyed, H. Yogita, P., Javesh, P., Lakshmikant, B., Sunil, P. and Goldee, S. P. 2008. Antibacterial and antifungal potential of Clerodendrum inerme crude extracts against some human pathogenic microorganism. Pharmacology online, 2: 75-79.

  • Suganya, G., Sampathkumar, P., Dheeba, B., and Sivakumar, R. 2014. In vitro anti-diabetic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of Clitoria ternatea L., International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6(7): 342-347.

  • Thompson, L. U. 2000. Lignans and Isolavones. In: Eisenbrand, G., Dayan, A. D. Elias, P. S., Grunow, W., Schlatter, J. (Eds.), Carcinogenic /Anticarcinogenic factors in foods. Dtsch. Forsch. Gem. Ger. Wiley-VCH Germany.

  • Yan, X., Murphy, B. T., Hammond, G. B., Vinson, J. A. and Nieto, C. C. 2002. Antioxidant activities and antitumor screening of extractsfrom cranberry fruit. J. Agric. Food Chem., 50: 5844-5849.

  • Wade, D. A., Silveira, L., Rollim- Smith, T., Bergman, J., Silberring, H and Lankinen 2001. Demographic and clinical correlates of substance use disorders in first episode psychosis. Acta Bio. Chem. Pol. 48: 1185.


Abstract Views: 373

PDF Views: 1




  • Antibacterial, Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Inflammation Property of the Sea Weed, Porteresia coarctata, Collected from Mangrove Fringed Mudflat of Sundarban Coast, West Bengal

Abstract Views: 373  |  PDF Views: 1

Authors

Harekrishna Jana
Department of Microbiology, Panskura Banamali College, Midnapur (E)-721152, West Bengal, India
Keshab Chandra Mondal
Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur (W)-721102, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Porteresia coarctata (Syn = Oryza coarctata) is a perennial halophytic wild grass, relative of rice, member of Poaceae and acts as a pioneer species in the succession process of mangrove formation along the estuaries of India. The sequestering carbon, fertilizer in aquaculture and salt tolerance property of this mangrove associate has been dealt with by a number of workers earlier. But, the present study was to evaluate the antibacterial property of aqueous, acetone, ethanol and methanol extracts of Porteresia coarctata collected from the Matla river of Indian Sundarban delta. Collected sea weeds were screened for their antibacterial studies against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus fecalis and Bacillus subtilis and gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Klebsiella pneumonia and Proteus vulgaris using disc diffusion method. Present study shows that ethanol extracts of Porteresia coarctata has maximum antibacterial activity against E.coli (1.2±0.01 mm) and Streptococcus fecalis (1.4±0.01 mm) at an MIC of 700 μg/mL and 500 μg/mL, respectively. Along with the antimicrobial activities, seaweeds also showed anti-diabetic activity and but have no anti-inflammation activity. Therefore, the results suggest that these sea weeds could be exploited in the management of various infectious diseases and can be used as for pharmaceutical purpose.

Keywords


Porteresia coarctata, Antibacterial, Sundarban, Anti-Diabetic, Anti-Inflammation.

References