Antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of selected macroalgae from the Adriatic Sea (Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro)
In this study, the antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activities of Codium bursa, Codium effusum, Laurencia obtusa and Padina pavonica from the Adriatic Sea were investigated. The antioxidant activities were characterized by the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) method and their total phenolic and flavonoid contents were quantified. The a...
By Sanja Sovran, Aleksandar Knežević, Jasmina Glamočlija, Ana Ćirić, Tatjana Stanojkovic, Vesna Mačić, Jelena Krizmanić, Danijela Vidaković
IN VITRO ANTITUMORAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXTRACT OF SPONGE ACANTHELLA ACUTA
Seaweeds are an excellent source of compounds with biological activity.Particularly interesting are the sponges, which suited in medicine reaches into the distant past. The biological effects of extracts and new compounds from sponges have been reported in numbers of scientific papers. Sponges produce a plethora of chemical compounds with widely va...
By Tatjana Stanojković, Sanja Milović, Ivana Matić, Nađa Grozdanić, Zoran Kljajić