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Antimicrobial activity of various extracts of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea)
Laila, Abubakar; Mwangi, Catherine; Uku, Jacquiline; Ndirangu, Samuel (University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry, 2012)Background: Marine invertebrates rely solely on innate immune mechanisms, the cellular component of which is characterized by hemocytes that phagocytize microbe s and secrete soluble antimicrobial and cytotoxic substances. ...