Antimicrobial Activity of Polysaccharide Isolated from the Cuttlebone of Sepia aculeata (Orbingy, 1848) and Sepia brevimana (Steenstrup, 1875): An Approach to Selected Antimicrobial Activity for Human Pathogenic Microorganisms

In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract from selected species of Cephalopods on clinical isolates

“…showed the maximum activity of 100% and activity was found to be in an increasing order from the lower to higher concentration. On comparison the activity was higher in the cuttlebone extract of S. aculeata than S. brevimana (Shanmugam et al, 2008a). Shanmugam et al (2008b) reported that the crude and purified sample of Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) from E. berryi showed activity against five pathogenic bacteria and four fungal strains.…”

“…Recently crustaceans (Haug et al, 2002a) and echinoderms (Haug et al, 2002b) are reported to possess antibacterial factors in different tissues. The antimicrobial activity of polysaccharides extracted from cephalopods such as Sepia aculeata and Sepia brevimana and heparin and heparin -like glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) from the cephalopod Euprymna berryi was reported against the human pathogenic microorganism (Shanmugam et al, 2008a;Shanmugam et al, 2008b). In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to screen the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the crude methanolic extract of selected cephalopods on some important human pathogens.…”

Antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract and fractionated polysaccharide from Loligo duvauceli Orbingy 1848 and Doryteuthis sibogae Adam 1954 on human pathogenic microorganisms

“…The presence of antimicrobial activity in molluscs has been reported from the mucus of the giant snail Achantia folica (Yamazaki, 1993), from the egg mass and purple fluid of the sea hare Aplysia kurodai and the body wall of the sea hare Dolabella auricularia (Iijima et al, 2003) and body tissue of six species of cephalopods (Ramasamy et al, 2011). The antimicrobial activity of polysaccharides extracted from cephalopods such as Sepia aculeata and Sepia brevimana and heparin and heparin -like glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) from the cephalopod Euprymna berryi was reported against the human pathogenic microorganism (Shanmugam et al, 2008a;Shanmugam et al, 2008b). Further, these compounds are being extracted not only from the whole animal but also from the different body parts including the skeleton (internal shell of cephalopods), which showed many pharmacological properties and hence medicinal value (Shanmugam et al, 2008a).…”

Extraction, characterization and its antioxidant efficacy of polysaccharides from Sepia aculeata (Orbigny, 1848) cuttlebone

“…Qin (1993) found that Misgurnus anguillicaudatus polysaccharide (MAP) may play an important role in the prevention of oxidative damage in living systems. Polysaccharide isolated from the cuttlebone of Sepia aculeata and Sepia brevimana using 10 mM ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) were studied for their antibacterial and antifungal activity (Shanmugam et al, 2008). In the present study, polysaccharide was isolated from cuttlebone of cephalopod mollusk S. aculeata using EDTA and characterized through Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.…”