In vitro antifungal activity of Turbinaria conoides collected from Mandapam coast, Tamilnadu, India

Antibacterial activity of marine brown alga Turbinaria conoides

Hexane, chloroform, methanol, chloroform: methanol (2:1 v/v) and petroleum ether extracts of Turbinaria conoides from the coast of Mandapam were tested in vitro for their antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus mirabilis with the disc diffusion method. Petroleum ether was the best solution for extracting the ...

Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Some Marine Sponges Collected from the South East Coast of India

The present work describes the biological activities using the marine sponges collected from kanyakumari. The sponges are such as the Callyspongia diffusa, Echinodictyum gorgonoides, Callyspongia reticutis, Gelliodes cellaria, and Thalysias vulpine. It is revealed that the sponges showed the antifungal activity against the various fungal strains such as the Aspergillus niger, Pencillium notatum...

New distributional data on ascidian fauna (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from Mandapam coast, Gulf of Mannar, India

BACKGROUND Ascidians play a key role in the ecology and biodiversity of marine ecosystem. Ascidians can be transported in ship ballast water and while attached to ship and boat hulls. Heavy traffic by domestic and international ships as well as cargo vessels between the major and minor ports warrants continuous monitoring for new introductions of ascidians. The Mandapam coast is situated in the...

Biochemical Composition of Seaweeds from Mandapam Coastal Regions along Southeast Coast of India

Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Marine Brown Algae Turbinaria Conoides and Its Antibacterial Activity

Improvement of eco-friendly procedures for the nanoparticles synthesis is the growing in to the field of nanotechnology. In this report we used the extract of marine brown seaweed Turbinaria conoides for the silver nanoparticles synthesis is the new one, cost effective and environmentally favorable. The surface plasmon resonance band positioned at 420 nm for silver nanoparticles was characteriz...