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Screening of Phytochemicals and Antibacterial Activity of Marine Red Alga Portieria hornemannii (Lyngbye) P. C. Silva


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1 Division of Algal Biotechnology and Bionano Technology, Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai – 600 030, India
2 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
3 Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai – 600 030, India
     

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The evaluation of phytochemicals and antimicrobial activities of marine red alga Portieria hornemannii against bacterial pathogens have been established in the present investigation. The quantitative phytochemical screening of the methanol extract of P. hornemannii, showed a maximum number of natural products such as tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins, terpenoids, etc. The antimicrobial activity of methanol extract of P. hornemannii showed the highest inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus (77.77%) and the chloroform extract showed the lowest activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by showing (52.63%) as evaluated by disc diffusion method. Our findings provide the evidence that the methanol extract of P. hornemannii possesses the good antimicrobial activity and hence, the alga proves to be an effective therapeutic agent.

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Phytochemical, Portieria hornemannii, Antibacterial Activity, Therapeutic Agent.
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Authors

Subbiah Murugesan
Division of Algal Biotechnology and Bionano Technology, Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai – 600 030, India
Sundaresan Bhuvaneswari
Division of Algal Biotechnology and Bionano Technology, Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai – 600 030, India
U. S. Mahadeva Rao
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, 20400, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Vajiravelu Sivamurugan
Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai – 600 030, India

Abstract


The evaluation of phytochemicals and antimicrobial activities of marine red alga Portieria hornemannii against bacterial pathogens have been established in the present investigation. The quantitative phytochemical screening of the methanol extract of P. hornemannii, showed a maximum number of natural products such as tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, phenols, saponins, terpenoids, etc. The antimicrobial activity of methanol extract of P. hornemannii showed the highest inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus (77.77%) and the chloroform extract showed the lowest activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by showing (52.63%) as evaluated by disc diffusion method. Our findings provide the evidence that the methanol extract of P. hornemannii possesses the good antimicrobial activity and hence, the alga proves to be an effective therapeutic agent.

Keywords


Phytochemical, Portieria hornemannii, Antibacterial Activity, Therapeutic Agent.

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