Antimicrobial activity studies from poisonous short nosed tripod fish, Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, India
Jyothi, K2, N.M. Krishna1*, V. Govinda Rao1 and S.Geetha3
Affiliation
- 1Department of Marine Living Resources, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
- 2Department of Botany, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
- 3Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author
N.M. Krishna, Department of Marine Living Resources, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, Andhra Pradesh, India; Tel: 9912991299; E-mail: krishna.muddu217@gmail.com
Citation
Krishna, N.M., et al. Antimicrobial activity studies from poisonous short nosed tripod fish, Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) from Visakhapatnam coastal waters, India. (2017) J Med Chem Toxicol 2(1): 24- 27.
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Abstract
An antimicrobial validatory screening of short nosed tripod fish Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) collected from the Visakhapatnam coastal waters, India is done in such a way T. biaculeatus muscle extracts were subjected for antimicrobial assay. Antimicrobial screening assay was done in five bacterial pathogens viz., Escherichia coli (MTCC-443), Salmonella typhi (MTCC-421), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC-2295), Vibrio cholera (MTCC-459) and Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC-3160) using the standard well diffusion method. The results confirmed a positive test against most of the pathogens used. Maximum antimicrobial effect against Vibrio cholera of 3.8 mm in diameter is reported. The present investigation has revealed that positive progresses in the fish (T. biaculeatus) muscle extracts against human pathogens.
