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Screening of
antibacterial activity in marine green and brown macroalgae
from the coast of Morocco
Chiheb
Ibtissam1,
Riadi Hassane1*, Martinez-Lopez José2,
Dominguez Seglar Josè Francisco3, Gomez Vidal
Josè Antonio3, Bouziane Hassan1 and
Kadiri Mohamed1
1Department
of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Tétouan, B. P: 2121, 93002,
University Abdelmalek, Essâadi, Morocco.
2Department
of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus de Cartuja, CP:
18071, University of Granada, Spain.
3Department
of Organic chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Campus de Cartuja,
CP: 18071, University of Granada, Spain.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
hassaner@hotmail.com.
Tel.:
(212 039)
97 24 23. Fax: (212 039) 99 45 00.
Accepted 13 February, 2009 |
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Antibacterial activity of methanolic extracts from 32
macroalgae (13 Chlorophyta and 19 Phaeophyta) from the
Atlantic and Mediterranean coast of Morocco were evaluated
for the production of antibacterial compounds against
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus
ATCC 25923, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212,
Klebsiella pnomeuniae ATCC 700603 and E. faecalis
ATCC 29213. Our results indicate that these species of
seaweed collected from the Atlantic and Mediterranean coast
of Morocco present a significant capacity of antibacterial
activities, which makes them interesting for screening for
natural products.
Key words:
Antibacterial activity, green and brown macroalgae, Moroccan
coast, algal extract. |
