418762

Antibacterial Activity of Corallina officinalis Seaweed Extracts Against Some Pathogenic Bacteria

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Botany

Abstract

The adverse effects of antibiotics and the evolving resistance strategies of bacteria have made their use extremely challenging in recent times. Therefore, ongoing research is required to find novel antimicrobial chemicals so that safer and more effective medications can be created. This study evaluates the antibacterial activities of crude extracts from Corallina officinalis as alternative antibiotics. Corallina officinalis seaweed was collected from Alexandria, Egypt (31◦21′46″N, 29◦88′49.4″E) during March 2022. Different solvents (ethanol, methanol and acetone) were used to extract the antibacterial substances from this seaweed and were examined against three pathogenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Citrobacter sp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae by agar well diffusion method. The maximum activity was associated with the appearance of a clear zone (30.2 ±0.08mm) which was recorded when using 200mg/ml of acetone-extract against Klebsiella pneumonia and minimum activity (15.9 ±0.08mm) was recorded when using 200mg/ml of ethanol-extract against Citrobacter sp. Scanning electron microscope showed the cells were damaged when treated with seaweed extracts. The GC-MS chromatographic analysis of the Corallina officinalis revealed the presence of various bioactive compounds such as 1-iodotridecane (5.142%), cholesterol (19.365%), nonadecane (4.806%) %), pentadecane (6.237%), docosane (1.639%), tetramethyl-5'-thymidylic acid (7.042%). The results of FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of phenol, alcohols, alkanes, carboxylic group, ketone group, aromatics and aliphatic amines. Our results suggest the potential of Corallina officinalis extracts as natural and effective promissing source of new antibiotics.

DOI

10.21608/sjsci.2025.328875.1228

Keywords

Scanning electron microscope, Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, FTIR analysis

Authors

First Name

Hoida

Last Name

Badr

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

Email

hwaida.badr@science.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

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First Name

Aly

Last Name

Abo-Amer

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

Email

a.abo-amer@science.sohag.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Magdi

Last Name

Abu-Gharbia

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

Email

magdi.abdelaziz@science.sohag.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Dina

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Hussien

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

Email

dinahussien914@gmail.com

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Volume

10

Article Issue

2

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54644

Issue Date

2025-06-01

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2024-10-16

Publish Date

2025-06-01

Page Start

173

Page End

180

Print ISSN

2357-0938

Online ISSN

2974-4296

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2,359

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Sohag Journal of Sciences

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https://sjsci.journals.ekb.eg/

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Antibacterial Activity of Corallina officinalis Seaweed Extracts Against Some Pathogenic Bacteria

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Created At

29 Mar 2025