Antibacterial activity of different solvent extracts of marine bivalve, Meretrix casta

Marine biofunctional peptides are protein molecules that promote health by blocking certain harmful chemical pathways in the human body, such as the laying down of cholesterol in blood vessels. Marine bivalves are considered one such rich source of these peptides and bioactive compounds. These, bioactive peptides possess various biological activities such as antibacterial, antioxidant, anticoagulant etc. Thus, in the present study the bioactive potential of marine bivalve M. casta was evaluated using different polar and non polar solvents of tissue. The extracts exhibited effective hemolytic and antibacterial activity at different specificity. Among all the samples investigated, Ax extract exhibited potent antibacterial activity against the tested human pathogens, thus ensuring the presence of potent biomedical important compounds.