Bioactivity of marine organisms: Part VI--Screening of some marine flora from Indian coasts.
Alcoholic extracts of 50 botanically identified species of marine flora have been screened for a wide range of biological activities. Of these, 2 extracts exhibited anti-amoebic and antiviral activity each, 3 of them had anti-implantation activity; 9 had hypoglycaemic activity while hypotensive activity was associated with 11 extracts; 14 extracts were found to be diuretic and 1 of them had anti-inflammatory activity. Further, 10 of these extracts exhibited 2 types of activities while a combination of 3 and 4 types of activities was observed in one extract each. Follow-up studies have been carried out in some plants with confirmed activity. The active principles and results of these studies are reported.
Bhakuni
D S
DS
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Dhawan
B N
BN
Garg
H S
HS
Goel
A K
AK
Mehrotra
B N
BN
Srimal
R C
RC
Srivastava
M N
MN
D007194:India; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*
D010936:Plant Extracts