ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIALS OF HAEMOCYANIN

Abstract

Hemocyanin is an extracellular copper-containing protein present in the hemolymph of both mollusks and arthropods. The traditionally recognized function of hemocyanin is for oxygen transport. Lately, it was demonstrated that hemocyanin is a multifunctional protein, especially participating in multiple roles of immune defense. For better understanding its actions in immune defense, the hemolytic activity of hemocyanin from gaint Africa and the antimicrobial potentials were investigated in this study. In order to study the antibacterial activity of heamocyann from Gaint Africa snail were tested against six bacteria. Among the six bacterial, 95% of the bacterial showed susceptibility against e.colil at the concentrations conducted in this experiment. After studying the MIC 95% 0f the bacteria were destroyed at 100mg/mi concentration. Result shows that in the presence of microbes heamocyanin become activity to form a very potent antimicrobial agent.