Abstract

PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF CEPHALOPOD INK

Swathilakshmi S.*, Vivek D. and Aswini EV.

Abstract

Cephalopod is any member of molluscan class. It include squid, octopus, and nautilus. Molluscan are small group of highly advanced and organised marine animals. Main characteristics of this organism is their inking behaviour. In between the gills they bear an ink sac. Octopuses produce black ink, squid ink is blue-black colour and cuttlefish ink is a shade of brown. Dark coloured ink have melanin as a major constituent. Cephalopod ink have many medicinal value. The ink is toxic to tumour cells. So it have the anti-tumour activity. The activity is tested against fibrosarcoma. And also it have antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, antiretroviral, antiulcer genic properties.

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