ANALYSIS OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF MARINE ALGAE KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII USING THREE SOLVENT EXTRACTS
AbstractThe seaweeds are economically valuable resources, used as food, fodder, fertilizer and medicine and thus useful to mankind in many ways. In the present study, Kappaphycus alvarezii, a marine alga, has been analysed for the presence of bioactive products using three solvent extracts. Antimicrobial activity was also done using the same extracts of seaweed. The results revealed that the selected seaweed has active secondary metabolites and also exhibited antimicrobial activity, mainly in the methanolic extract of Kappaphycus alvarezii.
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IJPSR
V. Prabha*, D.J. Prakash and P.N. Sudha
Head & Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, D.K.M College for Women, Vellore-632 001, Tamil Nadu, India
prabha.v1979@gmail.com
10 September, 2012
18 October, 2012
17 December, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(1).306-10
01 January, 2013
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