title: Bioactivity of marine organisms: Part VI--Screening of some marine flora from Indian coasts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bhakuni
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Dhawan
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Srimal
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D007194:India; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts