TaxonomyRhodophyta
old name
Polysiphonia complanata
new name
Pterosiphonia complanata
USE: Polysiphonia complanata
REFERENCES: Compared to standards antibiotics, this alga extracted in dichloromethane/methanol exhibited a stronger activity with (MIC of 0.02µg/ml against Proteus mirabilis (NIH), 0.3µg/ml against Staphylococcus aureus CECT 976 and 1.8 µg/ml against the Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923. GC/MS analysis the Dichloromethan/Methanolic extract of P. complanata collected of Sidi Bouzid site indicated presence of two major components including 3- n-Hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) (15.68%) and Neophytadiene (12. 35%).
