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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 7, Issue:1, January, 2018

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2018.7(1): 3473-3485
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.409


Human Anticancers and Antidiabetic Activities of the Cyanobacterium Fischerella sp. BS1-EG Isolated from River Nile, Egypt
Bassant E. Ahmed1, Mona H. Badawi1, Soha S. Mostafa2 and Aziz M. Higazy1*
1Department of Microbiology, Fac. Agric., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
2Department of Microbiology, Inst. Soil, Water and Environment, ARC, Giza, Egypt
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Cyanobacteria are known as a potential source of several metabolic compounds like phytohormons, phenols, antibiotics, anticancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory as well as pharmaceuticals. These compounds are reported to be used in agriculture, biology and medicine. This study was performed to isolate Fischerella sp, from river Nile/ Egypt. Also, its potential to produce some bioactive compounds was evaluated. Results indicated that Fischerella BS1-EG isolate during this study has a considerable antifungal activity against Aspergillus, Fusarioum and Penicillum sp. In general, the determined fungal activities by means of inhibition zone ranged between 8.5-16mm. Regarding the cell cytotoxicity of Fischerella BS1-EG on liver cancer (HepG-2), lung cancer (A549), colon cancer (HCT-116), breast cancer (MCF-7) data revealed that Fischerella BS1-EG crude extract exhibited a variable influence on all tested cell lines GC-MS analysis showed that 29 different compounds were detected and identified as fatty acids, alkaloids, phenols, amino acids, the most important 9 compounds were identified as anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory agents. On the other hand, Fischerella BS1-EG proved to have anti hyper glycemia activity through inhibition of α-glucosidase activity. These results may indicate that, for the first time, Fischerella BS1-EG is recorded to have different biological activities as anti-cancer as well as anti-hyperglycemia.


Keywords: Cyanobacteria, Fischerella, GC-MS, Anti-diabetic, Anti-cancer

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Bassant E. Ahmed, Mona H. Badawi, Soha S. Mostafa and Aziz M. Higazy. 2018. Human Anticancers and Antidiabetic Activities of the Cyanobacterium Fischerella sp. BS1-EG Isolated from River Nile, EgyptInt.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(1): 3473-3485. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.701.409
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