What is it about?
Mangrove plants are the source of various secondary bioactive metabolites and have been used in traditional medicine for many diseases. This study aimed to investigate bioactive phytochemical components of two mangrove plants, Rhizophora mucronate and Rhizophora apiculata in the Rhizophoraceae family.
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Why is it important?
These species could provide natural bioactive agents to replace the synthetic compounds that are currently used to treat the diseases caused by aquatic pathogens.
Perspectives
As a result of this point, synthetic chemicals or synthesized antibiotics are generally used to combat pathogenic bacteria. Thus, finding bioactive substances in plants could provide essential data for the development of novel bioactive agents in order to use them as an alternative replacement for synthetic chemicals against bacterial pathogens in aquaculture and future application in the pharmaceutical industry.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luksamee Vittaya
Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
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This page is a summary of: Comparative analyses of saponin, phenolic, and flavonoid contents in various parts of Rhizophora mucronata and Rhizophora apiculata and their growth inhibition of aquatic pathogenic bacteria, Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology, January 2022, Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science,
DOI: 10.7324/japs.2022.121113.
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