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Review article:- 1Kinja Kuldeep*, 1Patel Hiten, 1Gupta Nakul
1.NIMS Institute of Pharmacy, Shobha Nagar, Jaipur-303121 Rajasthan, India.
Abstract Genetic disorders are either hereditary disorders or a result of mutations. Some disorders may confer an advantage, at least in certain environments. A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes. Most disorders are quite rare and affect one person in every several thousands or millions. Some types of recessive gene disorders confer an advantage in the heterozygous state in certain environments. Genetic disorders rarely have effective treatments, though gene therapy is being tested as a possible treatment for some genetic diseases. There are mainly two types of genetic disorders are there. These are Single gene disorder and multifactorial and polygenic (complex) disorders. Single gene disorders are again of different types- Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive, Y-linked and Mitochondrial. Currently around 4,000 genetic disorders are known, with more being discovered. Most disorders are quite rare and affect one person in every several thousands or millions. In this article we only discussed about main four hereditary disorders which are having a high mortality and occurrence rate. These are Neurofibromatosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), Haemophilia and Sickle Cell Anaemia.
Key Words: Hereditary, Neurofibromatosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), Haemophilia and Sickle Cell Anaemia.
Original Research article:-
*S. Emmanuel Joshua Jebasingh1, S. Rosemary1, S. Elaiyaraja1, K. Sivaraman1, M. Lakshmikandan1, A. Murugan2, P. Raja2.
1.Department of Biotechnology, Sri Paramakalyani Center for Excellence in Environmental Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil nadu, India- 627412. 2.Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Tuticorin, Tamil nadu, India- 628001.
Abstract:-The seaweed species (Enteromorpha compressa, Enteromorpha intestinalis, Caulerpa scalpelliformis, Caulerpa racemosa, Chaetomorpha linum, Gracilaria foliifera, Hypnea valentiae) were collected from Gulf of Mannar, Tuticorin coast and the samples were air dried: Six different solvents (hexane, diethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, acetone and methanol) were used for the extraction of seaweeds. The antibacterial activity of seaweed extracts was checked against six human pathogens. The acetone extract of Caulerpa scalpelliformis showed broad spectrum antibacterial activity when compared to other seaweed extracts. Acetone extract of Caulerpa scalpelliformis was further fractionated and purified using chromatographic separation techniques using bioassay guided fractionation and the active fraction purity was checked by HPLC.
Keywords:-Seaweeds, Antibacterial activity, Gulf of Mannar, Caulerpa scalpelliformis, Natural product.