Title
Antibacterial activity of methanolic extracts from sea cucumber (Pattalus mollis) against pathogenic bacteria
Other title
Actividad antibacteriana de extractos metanólicos de pepino de mar (Pattalus mollis) frente a bacterias patógenas
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of methanol and methanol-chloroform extracts of tegument, gonad and viscera of Pattalus mollis. Fifty specimens were collected in the Pucusana Bay, Peru, dissected longitudinally through the ventral area of the tegument and the internal organs (viscera, gonad) were removed. The samples were dried to 10% moisture, milled and stored in freezing. The extracts were obtained by maceration using methanol and chloroform. The in vitro evaluation was performed using the broth microdilution method, the extracts were diluted in seven concentrations (3.9-250 mg/ml) and evaluated against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 14775 and Vibrio alginolyticus ATCC 17749. The methanol extract showed bacterial inhibition against the three bacteria, demonstrating a bactericidal and bacteriostatic effect against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The viscera, gonad and tegument extracts showed a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 62.5 mg/ml or higher against P. aeruginosa, V. alginolyticus and S. aureus. The results suggest that sea cucumber P. mollis, from the Peruvian coasts, is a novel candidate to produce antibacterial compounds.
Start page
1257
End page
1266
Volume
30
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85073430745
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
1682-3419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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