Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author E-mail: msafhi@jazanu.edu.sa
Online published on 29 November, 2014.
Seaweeds are considered as potential resources of bioactive substances. Multiple drug resistance is the foremost problem during antibiotic therapy. Day by day many new antibiotics have been spurred in order to overcome the resistant factor and cure the infectious diseases. Several works have been proved that the extracts of various seaweeds exhibited antimicrobial properties. Hence in this review I have focused on antibacterial activity of seaweed, which is an important to develop newer antimicrobials.
