Chemical composition and biological activities of trans-Himalayan alga Spirogyra porticalis (Muell.) Cleve.

The freshwater alga Spirogyra porticalis (Muell.) Cleve, a filamentous charophyte, collected from the Indian trans-Himalayan cold desert, was identified on the basis of morpho-anatomical characters. Extracts of this alga were made using solvents of varying polarity viz. n-hexane, acetonitrile, metha...

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Main Authors: Jatinder Kumar, Priyanka Dhar, Amol B Tayade, Damodar Gupta, Om P Chaurasia, Dalip K Upreti, Kiran Toppo, Rajesh Arora, M R Suseela, Ravi B Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118255