Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, wound healing properties of marine brown algae sargassum wightii

Mrs.M.RAJAKUMARI; Ms. B.KALEESWARI

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, wound healing properties of marine brown algae sargassum wightii

Mrs. M. Rajakumari, Ms. B. Kaleeswari

Abstract :

Seaweeds are one of the most important marine resources of the world and being used as human food, animal feed and raw material for many industries. Brown algae are a large group of marine multicellular algae mainly present in mandapam coast, Gulf of mannar. the present study the methanolic extract of marine Sargassum wightii has significant antipyretic, anti–inflammatory and wound healing activities without any serious toxic side effects. These findings suggested that bioactive potential metabolites present in Sargassum wightii possessed potential biomedical importance and could be used as potential drugs.