First results on qualitative characteristics and biological activity of nematocyst extracts from Chrysaora plocamia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

dc.creator	Vega,Marco A
dc.creator	Ogalde,Juan P
dc.date	2008-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-03T13:26:55Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-03T13:26:55Z
dc.identifier	https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2008000100006
dc.identifier.uri	http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/87574
dc.description	We performed qualitative and quantitative characterizations of the biological activity of nematocyst extracts from 30 specimens of Chrysaora plocamia collected off Huayquique, Iquique, Chile. After extracting the nematocysts from the jellyfish tentacles, we characterized them with UV and IR sweeps and determined their biological activity through antioxidant and hemolytic analyses. The preliminary results suggest that the extracted molecular could be amino acids originating in proteins, with antiradicalary activity of around 65% as compared with an antioxidant of commercial origins and very low hemolytic activity.
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Facultad de Recursos Naturales. Escuela de Ciencias del Mar
dc.relation	10.4067/S0718-560X2008000100006
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Latin american journal of aquatic research v.36 n.1 2008
dc.subject	jellyfish
dc.subject	nematocyst
dc.subject	bioactivity
dc.subject	antioxidant
dc.subject	hemolysis
dc.title	First results on qualitative characteristics and biological activity of nematocyst extracts from Chrysaora plocamia (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)