Antibacterial activity of extracts of six macroalgae from the northeastern brazilian coast

By J. Lima-Filho, A. Carvalho, S. Freitas, V. Melo. 2002

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Hexane, chloroform and ethanol extracts of six marine macroalgae (Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta) from North Ceara coast (Northeast Brazil) were evaluated for antibacterial activity by the single disk method. Best results were shown by the hexane extracts of Amansia multifida against enteric Gram-negative strains such as Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, S. cholerae-suis, Serratia marcescens, Vibrio cholerae and the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Food Science, Pharmacology

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In Aquatic Science

1. M. Zubia
2. Bilge Hilal Çadırcı
3. Dilek Ünal
4. Nasr El-deen
5. W. Salem

In Food Science

1. Bilge Hilal Çadırcı
2. Dilek Ünal
3. Nasr El-deen
4. W. Salem

In Pharmacology

1. Bilge Hilal Çadırcı
2. Dilek Ünal

Citations in the corpus

• Antimicrobial activity of seaweeds extracts against multiresistant pathogens (2008, methodology): “It is clear that using organic solvents always provides a higher efficiency in extracting compounds for antimicrobial activities compared to water based methods (Masuda et al., 1997; Lima-Filho et al., 2002).”
• Evaluation of in vitro antibacterial property of seaweeds of southeast coast of India (2008, background): “Diethyl ether provides a higher efficiency in extracting compounds for antimicrobial activities (Febles et al., 1995; Lima-Filho et al., 2002).”
• Concise review of the genus Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux (2019, background): “…racemosa, and C. cylindracea also produce compounds that exhibit antifouling capabilities towards microbes and prevent larval settlement, they are also suggested to hinder herbivory (Lima-Filho et al. 2002; Dobretsov et al. 2006; Raniello et al. 2006; Nylund et al. 2007; Nagaraj and Osborne 2014).”
• Antimicrobial Activities of the Extracts of Marine Algae from the Coast of Urla (‹zmir, Turkey) (2006, methodology): “It is clear that using organic solvents always provides a higher efficiency in extracting compounds for antimicrobial activities compared to water-based methods (4,6).”
• Screening of antibacterial activity in marine green, red and brown macroalgae from the western coast of Libya (2013, background): “All tests were performed in triplicate, and clear zone greater than 10 mm were considered as positive results [29].”
• Screening of antibacterial activity in marine green and brown macroalgae from the coast of Morocco (2009, background): “Lima-Filho et al. (2002) found that the hexane extract of Ulva fasciata Delile does not inhibit to S. aureus and E. coli.”