1Department of Biotechnology, Anna Bioresearch Foundation, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, 606603
2Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600 025
3Department of Chemical Engg & Biotechnology, AMACE,, Kancheepuram 604 410
4Department of Bbiotechnology, Veltech Engineering college, Avadi, Chennai
*email: btrbio@gmail.com
Online published on 14 March, 2012.
The research on pharmacology and clinical therapeutics using phytoplankton has lead to the discovery of numerous drugs. These drugs have entered international pharmacopeias based on the study of ethnopharmacology and traditional medicine. Bacterial pathogenicity was studied using Anti Quorum Sensing (compounds extracted from various plant sources) and Quorum sensing (bacterial intercellular communication). Plant species procured from various origins were evaluated and studied for antimicrobial and antioxidant activity. Biden pilosa, Psidium guajava, Dorstenia angusticorins, Achromanes difformis, Cleome rutidosperma, Cymbopogen citrates were found to possess the above mentioned activity. This review encompasses the key aspects of antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of phytoplankton involved in drug discovery.
Antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, pharmacology, phytoplankton, quorum sensing
