National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Gulf of Mannar is a unique marine habitat with diverse of macroaglae. They have a rich source of nutrients, biologically active UV absorbing compounds like Mycosporine like Amino acids (MAAs). In this study, red algae Gelidiella acerosa, Acanthophora spicifera and Hypnea musciformis collected from Pudumadam, Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India were used for isolation of MAAs. The UV-Vis spectrophotometer analysis of methanol extract of G. acerosa, A. spicifera and H. musciformis showed an absorption peak at λmax between 309–360nm. Further UV-absorbing compounds were identified using RP-HPLC analysis and the compound identified in all three species of red algae is MAA-Palythine type. This serves as an important role in photoprotectant in the marine environment.
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