<span style="font-size: 20.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Antifungal and cytotoxic effects of methanol extracts of three marine molluscs </span>

85-86<span style="font-size: 15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">Methanol extracts of whole body <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">(Melampus ceylonicus), blood <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman","serif""="">(Anadara rhombea) and hepatopancreas <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman","serif""="">(Sepiella inermis) were screened for antifungal and cytotoxic activity. Blood of A <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman","serif""="">. rhombea <span style="font-size:15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">and hepatopancreas of <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family: " arial","sans-serif""="">S. <span style="font-size:14.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">inermis strongly inhibited <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">Candida albicans, Mucor racemosus and <span style="font-size:14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman","serif""="">Penicillium expansum. A. rhombea <span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">appear to exert strong cytotoxic activity against vertebrate erythrocytes. The bacterial pathogens (Escherichia coli <span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">and <span style="font-size: 14.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.5pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">Vibrio cholarae) <span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif""="">were not inhibited by any of the three tested methanol extracts. </span

Study on cephalopod's ink for anti-retroviral activity

519-520Aqueous extracts of ink from four cephalopods, adult and young Sepiella inermis and Loligo duvaucelli were tested against Moloney murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase (MML V RT). Ink from young cephalopods, S. intermis and L. duvaucelli showed strong inhibition of MMLVRT

Antibacterial activity of marine molluscs from Portonovo region

206-208Ethanol extracts of five gastropod species were tested against nine pathogens. The extracts of (Chicoreus virgineus) hypobranchial gland and egg capsules of Rapana rapiformis exhibited broad spectral antibacterial activities. Both these extracts were also fractioned using silica gel chromatography. The egg capsule extract fractions exhibited significant activity against pathogens, so that this can be used to develop potential antibacterial drugs