Characterization and Biochemical Properties of Brown Seaweed Sargassum Tenerrimum (J. agardh)

Author(s): A. Noorjahan, B. Aiyamperumal and P. Anantharaman

Abstract: The phytochemical analysis of the methanol extract was carried out using UV-Visible spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy and HPLC. The UV-Visible spectrum of the methanol extract of Sargassum tenerrimum showed the presence of the compound peaks at absorption 210.2, 241.5, and 610 nm The crude methanol extract of Sargassum tenerrimum was passed into FTIR and It was confirmed the presence of functional groups such as amides, phosphorus compound, alcohols, phenols and halogen compounds etc. HPLC fingerprint of S. tenerrimum displayed seven prominent peaks at the retention time of 5.18, 11.07, 16.223, 18.820, 21.24, 28.49 and 30.09 respectively. The antioxidant potential of S. tenerrimum was studied by its Reducing ability and found to have a considerable free radical scavenging activity IC50 values (84 ± 0.58 μg/ml) in comparison to the standard ascorbic acid (87.92 ± 0.93 μg/ml).

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