Marine natural products have been the focus of discovery for new products of chemical and pharmacological interest. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antinociceptive activity of the methanolic (ME), acetate (AE), hexanic (HE) and chloroform (CE) extracts obtained from Caulerpa mexicana, and ME, CE and HE obtained from Caulerpa sertularioides. These marine algae are found all over the wo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Leishmaniasis is a protozoan parasitic disease which is transmitted by the female Phlebotomus sand fly and is prevalent in four continents.The first-choice treatment for the leishmaniasis is pentavalent antimonials, which are potentially toxic and often ineffective and use of them exhibit therapeutic failure. These pharmaceutical problems point towards the need to deve...

The biodiversity assessment of different taxa of the genus Caulerpa is of interest from the context of morphological plasticity, invasive potential of some species and biotechnological and pharmacological applications. The present study investigated the identification and molecular phylogeny of different species of Caulerpa occurring along the Indian coast inferred from tufA, rbcL, 18S rDNA and...

Seaweed (Caulerpa sertularioides) is one of the marine plants West Kalimantan, which contains bioactive compounds that can act as antioxidants. The purpose this study was to determine antioxidant activity and identify components organic in seaweed C. sertularioides. This research carried out several stages, namely extraction, fractionation, test (DPPH), vacuum liquid chromatography (KVC), gravi...

The most prevalent natural source of hydrocolloids, cosmetics, medications, and nutraceuticals is marine seaweed (macroalgae). Numerous bioactivities, including antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory characteristics, have been found in bioactive substances such as polyphenols sulfated non-sulfated polysaccharides. As a result, new start-up projects industries based on are em...

Seasonal upwelling at the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica offers the opportunity to investigate the effects of pronounced changes in key water parameters on fine-scale dynamics of local coral reef communities. This study monitored benthic community composition at Matapalo reef (10.539°N, 85.766°W) by weekly observations of permanent benthic quadrats from April 2013 to April 2014. Monitorin...

nvestigations on indigenous and non-indigenous invasive flora fauna of a certain geographical area are always important to assess their impact native biodiversity control spread by making conservation strategies protect biodiversity. In this study, we have encountered overwhelming growth six seaweed species, Caulerpa racemosa, C. serrulata, sertularioides, taxifolia, peltata, Halimeda opuntia t...