Investigation on bio-properties and in-vivo antioxidant potential of carrageenans against alloxan induced oxidative stress in Wistar albino rats.

The present investigation was carried out to determine the bio-properties and antioxidant potential of native carrageenan from Kappaphycus alvarezii in comparison with commercial carrageenan under laboratory conditions in Wistar albino rats. In acute toxic study, no toxicity was observed in rats at the dose of 2000 mg/kg of both carrageenans, hence three different doses (500, 750 and 1000 mg/kg) of native and commercial carrageenans were selected individually for in vivo antioxidant study in rats. The result revealed that, in both native and commercial carrageenans tested animals, the antioxidant enzymes CAT (36.

Pharmacological importance of sulphated polysaccharide carrageenan from red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii in comparison with commercial carrageenan.

Pharmacological properties of native carrageenan (κ) extracted from Kappaphycus alvarezii and commercial carrageenan (Sigma-Aldrich) were evaluated using in vitro antioxidant, anticancer and antidiabetic studies. Phytochemical analysis of native and commercial carrageenans showed the presence of alkaloids, saponins, steroids, gums & mucilages and carbohydrate. Both native and commercial carrageenans exhibited better antioxidant activities such as total antioxidant capacity (87±0.

Influence of probiotic bacterium Bacillus cereus isolated from the gut of wild shrimp Penaeus monodon in turn as a potent growth promoter and immune enhancer in P. monodon.

A probiotic bacterium isolated from the gut of wild shrimp Penaeus monodon rendered maximum antagonistic activity against shrimp pathogens and was capable of producing extracellular enzymes. The probiotic bacterium was identified as Bacillus cereus through 16S rRNA sequencing. The lyophilized B.