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INVESTIGATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIAL OF ASCIDIAN, MICROCOSMUS EXASPERATUS (Heller, 1878) AGAINST HUMAN URINARY TRACT PATHOGENS
*G. Ananthan and K. Iyappan
ABSTRACT The current investigation is based on the discovery of novelantibacterial from new sources which have not been amply exploited.The main objectives of this work was to ascertain the antibacterialefficacy of a marine ascidian, Microcosmus exasperatus, collectedfrom Palk Bay, Southeast coast of India, against selected urinary tractpathogens. The crude methanol extract was more active and exhibitinga broad spectrum antibacterial activity than the crude ethyl acetateextract against each of the bacterial strains tested. Maximum inhibitionzone (10.0 ± 0.1 mm) was observed against the gram negativePseudomonas aeruginosa in crude methanol extract. The consequentzone of 6.5 ± 0.1 mm was observed in ethyl acetate extract inP.aeruginosa. Keywords: Microcosmus exasperatus, antimicrobial efficacy, zone of inhibition, urinary tract pathogens. [Download Article] [Download Certifiate] |
