In vitro antibacterial evaluation of Anabaena sp. against several clinically significant microflora and HPTLC analysis of its active crude extracts

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-107

  Chauhan, Abhishek ^a   Chauhan, Garima ^a   Gupta, Prakash C ^b   Goyal, Pankaj ^a   Kaushik, P ^a  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

bacterial species; biologically active substances; Blue green algae; drug resistance

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANABAENA EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANABAENA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROFLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954225273     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.64490     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Kreitlow S, Mundt S, Lindequist U. Cyanobacteria-a potential source of new biologically active substances. J Biotechnol 1999;70:61-63
2. Falch BS, Konig GM, Wright AD, Sticher O, Angerhofer CK, Pezzuto JM, et al. Biological activities of cyanobacteria: Evaluation of extracts and pure compounds. Planta Med 1995;61:321-328
3. Mundt S, Kreitlow S, Nowotny A, Effmert U. Biological and pharmacological investigation of selected cyanobacteria. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2001;203:327-334
4. Perez C, Pauli M, Bazerque P. An antibiotic assay by agar-well diffusion method. Acta Biol Med Exp 1990;15:113-115
5. NCCLS-National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically, Approved Standard M7-A4, Wayne, Pa;1997.
6. Kaushik P, Chauhan A, Chauhan G, Goyal P. Evaluation of Nostoc commune for potential antibacterial activity and UV-HPLC analysis of methanol extract. Int J Microbiol 2008;5:1-5.