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Echinoderms have attracted the attention of scientists over the past few years after identifying a variety of unique structures endowed by interesting biological properties. However, the Moroccan coast biodiversity is still uninvestigated. In our ongoing attempts to valorize the rich Moroccan marine environment, this study aimed at assessing the antimicrobial activity of extracts obtained from three echinoderms Astropecten irregularis, Luidia sarsi and Ophiura albida against the human pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella enterica and Bacillus subtilis. Moreover, their antioxidant activities were tested using standard methods in addition to the antidiabetic activity which has been evaluated in vitro against α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzymes. HPLC-DAD-QTOF-MS analysis revealed a significant content of some phenolic compounds such as pyrogallol, gallic, sinapic, ferulic, p-hydroxybenzoic and salicylic acids whose existence can be related to the endophytic fungi and/or dietary intake whereas GC-MS analysis exhibited diverse chemical structures such as cholesterol, oleic acid and glycerol 1-palmitate.
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IM conceived, designed, performed and participated in all of the experiments; AA wrote the paper; NT collected and identified the species; MEH performed antimicrobial assays; MEJ analyzed the data and participated in antioxidant and antidiabetic activities; MK and RA participated in chemical analysis; SSE, YC and MEAF supervised the work and corrected the manuscript.
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Marmouzi, I., Tamsouri, N., El Hamdani, M. et al. Pharmacological and chemical properties of some marine echinoderms. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 28, 575–581 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2018.05.015
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