Antifungal potential of marine sponge extract against plant and fish pathogenic fungi
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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PrabhaDevi
Ravichandran, S. Ribeiro, M. Ciavatta, M.L. |
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2014-09-19T09:57:42Z
2014-09-19T09:57:42Z 2013 |
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Oceanography: Open Access, vol.1(3); 2013; 4p. doi:10.4172/2332-2632.1000112
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4608 |
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he need for discovery of new antibiotics is imperative because previous evidence suggest that development of resistance to any new antimicrobial agents is inevitable. In addition, compounds not tested for antimicrobial activity also gives ample scope for rediscovering compounds with antimicrobial activity. This study screens extracts (Diethyl Ether and Butanol) of a marine red-Sea sponge Negombata magnifica for invitro fungicidal activity against 10 plant and 3 fish pathogens. Fungicidal activity of the crude diethylether fraction of the sponge against test strains showed exceptionally high activity against three virulent fish pathogens Exophiala salmonis, Branchiomyces demigrans and Saprolegnia sp. Furthermore, Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the compound was evaluated with respect to Exophiala salmonis (1.5 µg/ml) Branchiomyces demigrans (0.75 µg/ml) and Saprolegnia sp (3 µg/ml) respectively. Finally, bioassay guided isolation and purification led to the identification of the active compound as latrunculin B on the basis of spectroscopic data. This finding suggests that latrunculin B, could be considered as a lead molecule for the design of new antifungals for managing common fungal diseases in aquaculture. Toxicity testing of this compound on shrimps indicated that the compound was non toxic up to a concentration as high as 5 mg/ml suggesting its suitability for use in aquaculture.
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en
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OMICS Group
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Copyright: © 2013 Devi P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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sponges
fungicides bioactive compounds fish diseases |
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Antifungal potential of marine sponge extract against plant and fish pathogenic fungi
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Journal Article
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