Isolation of the antibacterial substance from the mucus of the Philippine land snails.

• Main Author: Mercader, Marilen Palanca
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2001
• Subjects: Snails; Gastropoda; Mucus; Antibacterial agents; Chemicals and Drugs
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2623
• Institution: De La Salle University

A glycoprotein isolated from the mucus secretion of African giant snails Achatina fulica Ferussac recently captured in Okinawa, Japan, was found to have activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Based on these studies, the mucus secretion of three land snails belonging to Sub-Class...