Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial and antifungal activities of the aqueous and partitioned extract of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (A. nigrescens). Methods: The sea anemone A. nigrescens was collected, minced, homogenized, lyophilized and then further partitioned with diethyl ether, ace...
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| author | Henry Borbón Sandra Váldes Javier Alvarado-Mesén Roy Soto Ilena Vega |
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| description | Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial and antifungal activities of the aqueous and partitioned extract of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (A. nigrescens).
Methods: The sea anemone A. nigrescens was collected, minced, homogenized, lyophilized and then further partitioned with diethyl ether, acetone, ethanol and water. These fractions were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Results: Acetone extract was found to produce a pronounced inhibition of 7.0 mm against Proteus vulgaris and diethyl ether extract inhibited Pseudomonas aeruginosa with an inhibition zone of 6.5 mm. In antifungal activity, ethanol extract showed good activity against Botrytis cinerea, Trichoderma harzianum and Rhizopus oryzae compared with other strains. Acetone and ethanol extract of A. nigrescens showed activity against all of pathogens tested. Slight activity was observed in the water extract with inhibition zone of 1.5 mm.
Conclusions: The present study revealed that sea anemone A. nigrescens may also contain some biologically active agents which have potential activity against pathogenic microorganisms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f967ffd1bfdf468e96d497ab37cd3bc72022-12-21T22:38:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine2221-16912016-05-016541842110.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.014Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa RicaHenry Borbón0Sandra Váldes1Javier Alvarado-Mesén2Roy Soto3Ilena Vega4Laboratory of Research and Development in Chemical Technology, Department of Chemistry, National University, Heredia, 86-3000, Costa RicaLaboratory of Research and Development in Chemical Technology, Department of Chemistry, National University, Heredia, 86-3000, Costa RicaLaboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Proteins, Department of Biological Science, National University, Heredia, 86-3000, Costa RicaLaboratory of Natural Products and Biological Essays, Department of Chemistry, National University, Heredia, 86-3000, Costa RicaLaboratory of Natural Products and Biological Essays, Department of Chemistry, National University, Heredia, 86-3000, Costa RicaObjective: To evaluate the antimicrobial and antifungal activities of the aqueous and partitioned extract of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens (A. nigrescens). Methods: The sea anemone A. nigrescens was collected, minced, homogenized, lyophilized and then further partitioned with diethyl ether, acetone, ethanol and water. These fractions were evaluated for antimicrobial activity against bacterial and fungal pathogens. Results: Acetone extract was found to produce a pronounced inhibition of 7.0 mm against Proteus vulgaris and diethyl ether extract inhibited Pseudomonas aeruginosa with an inhibition zone of 6.5 mm. In antifungal activity, ethanol extract showed good activity against Botrytis cinerea, Trichoderma harzianum and Rhizopus oryzae compared with other strains. Acetone and ethanol extract of A. nigrescens showed activity against all of pathogens tested. Slight activity was observed in the water extract with inhibition zone of 1.5 mm. Conclusions: The present study revealed that sea anemone A. nigrescens may also contain some biologically active agents which have potential activity against pathogenic microorganisms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116301939Biological activityAntibacterialAntifungalBioactiveSea anemone |
| spellingShingle | Henry Borbón Sandra Váldes Javier Alvarado-Mesén Roy Soto Ilena Vega Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine Biological activity Antibacterial Antifungal Bioactive Sea anemone |
| title | Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica |
| title_full | Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica |
| title_fullStr | Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica |
| title_short | Antimicrobial properties of sea anemone Anthopleura nigrescens from Pacific coast of Costa Rica |
| title_sort | antimicrobial properties of sea anemone anthopleura nigrescens from pacific coast of costa rica |
| topic | Biological activity Antibacterial Antifungal Bioactive Sea anemone |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169116301939 |
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