In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Tissue Extracts of Puffer fish Arothron immaculatus Against Clinical Pathogens

An antimicrobial validatory screening of puffer fish is done in such a way Arothron immaculatus a puffer fish skin and liver extracts were subjected for antimicrobial assay. Antimicrobial screening assay was done in ten consecutive human pathogenic bacterial and fungal pathogens using the standard d...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inChinese journal of natural medicines Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 446 - 449
Main Authors Kumaravel, K., Ravichandran, S., Joseph, F.R. Sharmila, Manikodi, D., Doimi, Mauro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 2011
Subjects
antibacterial properties
antifungal properties
Antimicrobial compounds
Arothron immaculatus
fish
Fish immunology
fish skin
fungi
humans
liver
Mucous
Pathogens
Puffer fish
screening
Staphylococcus aureus
Vibrio
Vibrio cholerae
Pathogens
Puffer fish
Antimicrobial compounds
Mucous
Fish immunology
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:An antimicrobial validatory screening of puffer fish is done in such a way Arothron immaculatus a puffer fish skin and liver extracts were subjected for antimicrobial assay. Antimicrobial screening assay was done in ten consecutive human pathogenic bacterial and fungal pathogens using the standard disc diffusion method. The results confirmed a positive test against most of the pathogens used. Maximum antimicrobial effect against Staphyloccocus aureus of 2.5 mm in liver extract and 9.8 mm of antibacterial effect against Vibrio cholera in skin extract is reported. There is no antifungal effect. This experiment confirms that puffer fish is a source of antimicrobial potence.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1009.2011.00446
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1875-5364
1875-5364
DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1009.2011.00446