Antimycobacterial activity of marine Sargassum swartzii extracts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Manikannan Mathayan; Revathy Sundar; Sivaraj Anbarasu

Manikannan Mathayan Center for Drug discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India.
Revathy Sundar Center for Drug discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sivaraj Anbarasu Center for Drug discovery and Development, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai 600 119, Tamil Nadu, India.

Keywords: LRP assay, Sargassum, Tuberculosis

DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v13i2.35642

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Antimycobacterial activity of marine Sargassum swartzii extracts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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