Aqueous solution was used to extract fish mucus from Labeo rohita, and the chemical composition revealed 27.5 percent protein, 5.8 percent carbohydrate, and 0.21 percent lipids. Lysozyme, lectins, proteolytic enzymes, flavoenzymes, immunoglobulins, C-reactive protein, and apolipoprotein A-I are among the physiologically active chemicals found in fish mucus. In human blood, the mucus extract had haemolytic activity of 43.47 and 37.73 HT/mg, respectively. Furthermore, the antibacterial activity of the mucus extract was 14, 12, 15, 16, 11, 17, 13 and 12mm against S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, S. typhi, V. cholerae, K. oxytoca, E. coli, V. parahaemolyticus, and S. pyogenes at the highest concentration of 100g/ ml. MIC values of 100g/ml were detected in fish mucus against E. coli, while V. cholerae was marginally halted at the above concentration. The MBC values of 100g/ml against E. coli and V. cholerae were somewhat halted at the same concentration in the fish mucus. The mucus' antibacterial activity has been indicated as a potential source antimicrobial agent in future pharmacological development of novel antimicrobial medicines.
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M. Abareethan
Research Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Salem- 636007, India.
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