Chemical characterization of Cinachyrella tarentina: Sponge of Atlantic Moroccan Coast
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Faculty of Sciences Ben M'sik, Chemistry, Morocco
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Faculty of Sciences El Jadida, Morocco, Chemistry, Morocco
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Faculty of Sciences Ben M'sik, Chemistry, Morocco
The marine environment represents unquestionably a treasure of organisms generating plethora of primary and secondary metabolites that would benefit from further exploration. This environment is very diverse and marine organisms, particularly the most primitive of them, produce a variety of bioactive molecules. It is in this context that the present work has fixed as objectives the determination of the chemical composition of the marine sponge Cinachyrella tarentina from the Atlantic Moroccan Coast. The chemical study of Cinachyrella tarentina, marine sponge recognized by its antibacterial and antifungal activity was investigated for the first time in Morocco. The Screening of Cinachyrella tarentina revels that it contains different levels of primary and secondary metabolites. The dosage of polyphenols was carried out using the reagent Foulin-Ciocalteu. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by the DPPH test. The fatty acid composition determined by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) showed a predominance of palmitic and stearic acids. Furthermore, we found the presence of several sterols which cholesterol and sitosterol are the most abundants.
Keywords:
marine sponges,
Cinachyrella tarentina,
Polyphenols,
antioxidant activity,
Fatty Acids,
Sterols
Conference:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, Portugal, 14 Jul - 15 Jul, 2016.
Presentation Type:
Poster presentation
Topic:
Blue Biotechnology
Citation:
Meriem
T,
Zineb
R,
Belkassem
E,
Mina
O,
Ahmed
B and
Abdelmjid
A
(2016). Chemical characterization of Cinachyrella tarentina: Sponge of Atlantic Moroccan Coast.
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016.
doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.04.00130
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Received:
02 May 2016;
Published Online:
14 Jul 2016.
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Correspondence:
PhD. Rhandour Zineb, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'sik, Chemistry, Casablanca, Morocco, rhandour.zineb@gmail.com