http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35027 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:37:47 GMT 2026-10-10T16:37:47Z https://http://nopr.niscpr.res.in:443/retrieve/135931/IJMSMarch16CoverPage.jpg http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35027 http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35051 Title: Morphological and histophathological studies of Acanthocephalus dirus infection in internal organ of Caranx ignobilis Authors: Sakthivel, Alagarsamy; Selvakumar, Periyasamy; Gopalakrishnan, Ayyaru Abstract: Adult worms of Acanthocephalus dirus possessed a proboscis which is long, cylindrical with a uniform width measuring up to 0.42±0.02 (0.37-0.48) mm in length and 0.13±0.02 (0.07-0.16) mm in width. Scanning electron microscopy [SEM] photographs were revealed that the proboscis hooks large, uniform size (15 rows of 13 hooks each) with a row of longer hooks at the base. Histopathological study revealed that the fish intestinal tissues totally destroyed the ultrastructure of the infected intestinal tissues, such as mucosal epithelium, stratum granulosum, lamina propria, muscular and serosa of the wall of the intestine forming a tunnel surrounded with collagenous fibers and granulocytes. Inflammation, granular cells formation, connective tissue proliferation was associated with the host immune madulation of the infected intestine. Page(s): 453-458 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35051 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35050 Title: Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus lucii) infection on Caranx ignobilis from Nagapattinam, south east coast of India Authors: Sakthivel, Alagarsamy; Selvakumar, Periyasamy; Gopalakrishnan, Ayyaru Abstract: Acanthocephalus lucii is one of the most widely distributed species of acanthocephalans infecting marine fishes throughout India. Adult worm of Acanthocephalus lucii were collected from small intestine of Caranx ignobilis from Nagapattinam. They have group of acanthocephalan adhering in the host gut. Acanthocephalus lucii proboscis through the infected fish intestine about 0.7 - 1.4 mm deep. Maximum 12 Acanthocephalus lucii were collected from the single infected host. Totally 4476 fishes were examined which is out of 2648 host were infected with acanthocephala parasite. Morphology of the worms was cylindrical structure, proboscis hooks were uniformly arranged and smallest posterior end. Length of the Acanthocephalus lucii was up to 2.8 - 6.3 cm and weight was up to 0.012 - 0.068 g. Higher prevalence (63.84 %), intensity (10.01 %) and abundance (6.39) were observed at post monsoon season. The current study was carried out an occurrence, description of the parasite, prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance was observed. Page(s): 448-452 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35050 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35048 Title: A review on pharmacological applications of halophilic alga Dunaliella Authors: Arun, Neelam; Singh, D.P. Abstract: Dunaliella is a halophilic alga, which secretes some special metabolites (i.e. β-carotene, glycerol) to survive in such hypersaline environment, these metabolites can play a multitude of potential applications in various fields of pharmacology. Importance of Dunaliella derived β-carotene pigments includes its application as a yellow colorant in different food products such as noodles, confectionery, beverages and cosmetic industry. Present review is an attempt to summarize the pharmacological application of alga Dunaliella in various diseases. There have been various reports regarding use of alga or its extracts and metabolites as antioxidant, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, cardioactive, anticough, antidiabetic, anti- inflammatory, hepatoprotection. Current status and the potential application of Dunaliella in the field of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and various industrial products have been discussed. Page(s): 440-447 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35048 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35046 Title: Marine-derived Fungal Siderophores: A Perception Authors: Trivedi, Hiral B.; Vala, Anjana K.; Dhrangadhriya, Jaykishan H.; Dave, Bharti P. Abstract: Siderophores play crucial role in biogeochemical cycle in terrestrial as well as marine environment. Siderophores of bacteria from marine habitats have been extensively studied, however, comparatively less information is available on their fungal counter parts. This review focuses on siderophores of marine-derived fungi, molecular mechanism of siderophore biosynthesis and their uptake. Their chemical nature and applications are also discussed. Data so far available on marine fungal siderophores are found to be very interesting. Though less explored, the information available reveals novelty in chemical nature of siderophores of marine-derived fungi, i.e. occurrence of catecholates in fungi and carboxylates in non- mucoraceous fungi, which is the first-ever report. Further investigations on marine-derived fungal siderophores would be an interesting area of research. Page(s): 431-439 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/35046 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z