Objective: The present study was to evaluate antidiabetic activity of Padina boergesenii extract in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Methods: Oral administration of the effective dose of P. boergesenii to the diabetic rats for 20 days showed abridged effects on fasting blood glucose, insulin and lipoprotein levels. Results: Significant difference was observed in liver glycogen and to...

nowadays, organic fertilizers play an important role in agriculture. they are progressively substituting chemical fertilizers to prevent their harmful impact on human health and the environment. they provide high yield, better quality products and a shorter period of harvesting crops. in this study, the mineral elements: primary macronutrient (n, po3- and k+), secondary macronutrient: (ca2+, mg...

Five tropical seaweeds, Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C. Silva, Padina australis Hauck, Sargassum binderi Sonder ex J. Agardh (syn. S. aquifolium (Turner) C. Agardh), Sargassum siliquosum J. Agardh and Turbinaria conoides (J. Agardh) Kützing, were incubated in seawater of pH 8.0, 7.8 (ambient), 7.6, 7.4 and 7.2, to study the effects of changing seawater pH on halocarbon emissions. Eigh...

Padina sp. seaweed is one of the Chlorophyta which has potential as an antimicrobial. This study aimed to determine antimicrobial activity endophytic bacteria against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. The method used in this research descriptive qualitative. results isolation microbes obtained were seven isolates DP1, DP2, DP3, DP4, AP1, AP2, AP3. test showed that had antimicrobials. ...

Oxidative stress and antioxidant defence systems were assessed in a marine brown alga Padina tetrastromatica, commonly occurring from the tropics. Lipid peroxidation (LPX) and H2O2 were measured as oxidative stress markers, and antioxidant defences were measured as catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and ascorbic acid (AsA), in order to understand their dissimilarity with respect to...