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Pharmacognosy 2018
American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502
Page 64
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
T
he marine habitat is a rich source of bioactive natural
compounds with pharmaceutical potential. Some of them are
novel compound with novel mechanisms of action (1). Marine
derivedFungiwhichisolatedfrommarinespeciessuchassponges,
anemone, tunicate and etc. have become a focus of interest.
In recent years marine fungi have arised as the new sources
of antioxidants in the form of their wide variety of secondary
metabolites such as alkaloids, benzoquinones, flavanoids,
phenols, steroids, terpenoids, tetralones, and xanthones(2,3).
Numerous studies about diverse and unique compounds of
marine fungi and their biological activities including antimicrobial,
antioxidant,anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties
have been reported (4). In this study seven marine-derived
fungi were isolated and identified from marine invertebrates and
investigated with regard to their antioxidant activity.Antioxidant
activity of extracts was determined by DPPH, ABTS, NO and
SO assay. According to the obtained results
A.chevalieri
and
A.
terreus
showed high antioxidant activity in every four assays.
On the other hand,
A.awamori, M.globose, M. tassiana_1
and
T.
harzianum
showed lowest activity. This is the first study about
habitant of marine-derived seven fungi of Turkey’s coasts and
their antioxidant, activity. Besides, it is also the first report about
antioxidant activity of C. Funiculosum and A. awamori
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological
ResearchCouncilofTurkey(TÜBİTAK),ProjectNo:BMBF,114S916.
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belma.konuklugil@gmail.comAntioxidant activity of some Turkish marine derived fungi
Hajar Heydari
and
Belma Konuklugil
Ankara University, Turkey
Hajar Heydari et al., Am J Ethnomed 2018, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-006