Avrainvillea

Avrainvillea is a genus of green algae in the family Dichotomosiphonaceae.[1]

Avrainvillea
Costasiella cf. kuroshimae on Avrainvillea erecta. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 1 cm.
Scientific classification
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Dichotomosiphonaceae
Genus: Avrainvillea
Decaisne, 1842
Type species
Avrainvillea nigricans
Decaisne, 1842
Species[1]
  • A. amadelpha
  • A. asarifolia
  • A. calathina
  • A. canariensis
  • A. clavatiramea
  • A. digitata
  • A. elliottii
  • A. erecta
  • A. fenicalii
  • A. fulva
  • A. gardineri
  • A. geppiorum
  • A. hayi
  • A. hollenbergii
  • A. lacerata
  • A. levis
  • A. longicaulis
  • A. mazei
  • A. nigricans
  • A. obscura
  • A. pacifica
  • A. rawsonii
  • A. ridleyi
  • A. riukiuensis
  • A. rotumensis
  • A. silvana
  • A. sylvearleae

As sources of bioactive natural products

The organic extract of Avrainvillea longicaulis had antioxidant activity surpassing or equivalent to that of commercially available antioxidants (butylated hydroxytoluene, butylated hydroxyanisole and alpha-tocopherol).[2]

Avrainvillea erecta was reported to have strong hemagglutination activity.[3] In addition, the chloroform fraction of a methanol extract of Avrainvillea erecta exhibited hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity as strong as that shown by gallic acid.[4]

References
  1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Avrainvillea taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  2. Zubia M, Robledo D, Freile-Pelegrin Y. Antioxidant activities in tropical marine macroalgae from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. J Appl Phycol 2007; 19(5): 449-458.
  3. Dinh HL, Hori K, Quang NH. Screening and preliminary characterization of hemagglutinins in Vietnamese marine algae. J Appl Phycol 2009; 21(1): 89-97.
  4. Chai TT, Kwek MT, Mohd Ismail NI, Ooi JLS, Yang Amri A, Abd Manan F, Law YC, Wong FC.(2015) Antioxidant activities of methanol extract and solventfractions of marine macroalga, Avrainvillea erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp and E.S. Gepp (Dichotomosiphonaceae). Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 14 (3): 503-509.


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