Preliminary toxicity test and phytochemical screening of Sargassum Polycystum crude extracts from marine macroalgae / Norhayati Daud ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Daud, Norhayati, Mohd Noor, Nor Nafizah, Alimon, Hasimah, Abdul Rashid, Nursuhaidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang 2015
• Subjects: Toxicity testing; Sea. Marine ecology. Ocean ecology
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11997/1/AJ_NORHAYATI%20DAUD%20EAJ%2015.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11997/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Sargassum polycystum is a species of brown algae (Phaeophyta). Some recent studies have found many uses of this algae, one of them is for medicine. In this study, crude hexane, dichloromethane and methanol extracts of Sargassum polycystum were tested for toxicity activity and screened for its princi...