Studies on antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp lethality of crude samples of six different species of puffer ifshes

Objective:To evaluate the antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp lethality activity of six different species of puffer fishes,includingCyclichthys orbicularis,Diodon holocanthus,Canthigaster solandri,Arthron hispidus,A.inermis andLagocephalua inermis(L.inermis).Methodology:The puffer fishes were collected from Annangkovil Fish Landing Centre(Lattitude 11°30.47'N;Longitude 79°47.02'E),Parangipettai,Southeast Coast of India during summer season because of availability.Fresh tissue samples were collected from the clearly washed specimens,extracted with methanol at 37°C for 3 days and filtered through Whatman No.1 filter paper.The solvents such as methanol and ethanol were concentrated by using rotary evaporator under reduced pressure.The dark brown gummy mass was stored at 4°C for further analysis.Prepared crude samples were analysed with human pathogens to assess the antibacterial activity and this was carried out by using standard disc diffusion method.The brine shrimp lethality was calculated as the percentage of mortality which was firstly calculated by dividing the number of dead larvae by the total number and then multiplied to 100%.Results:The antibacterial activity of crude extract of puffer fishes were exhibited against 10 different human bacterial pathogens.Among the ten human pathogens,Arthron hispidus showed maximum zone of inhibition(8 mm)againstStaphylococcus aureus whileL.inermis showed minimum activity(1 mm)againstProteus mirabilis and no zone of inhibition was observed againstStaphylococcus aureus.Brine shrimp lethality was examined with six puffer fish extracts.Cyclichthys orbicularis showed maximum mortalities as 100%andL.inermis showed minimum mortalities as 70%at a concentration of 500μg/mL.Conclusion:In conclusion,the study showed the preliminary investigation of crude extracts of puffer fishes about the prominent activity against human bacterial pathogens.The extracts had a good cytotoxic potential against brine shrimpArtemina salina.