Zoo-Chemical Profile Analysis of Ten Marine Mollusca Shells Using Different Solvents From Vedaranyam, South-East Coast of Tamilnadu, India

Zoochemicals are the animal equivalent of phytochemicals in plants. They are compounds in animals that are believed to provide health benefits beyond the traditional nutrients that food contains. In the present work investigates the qualitative evaluation of the major zoo-chemical present in the whole shells of ten different calms Anadara antiquata, Anadara rhombea, Chicoreus virgineus, Donax cuneatus, Mactra violacea, Pugilina cochlidium, Donax scortum, Turritella acutangula, Trachycardium asciaticum and Tonna dolium in three different extracts (Ethanol, methanol and acetone). Among the various extracts, ethanol extract has higher concentration of zoochemicals as compared to methanol and acetone extracts of Mollusca shells. The study has shown that as far as extraction yield, ethanol is the best solvent among the three ethanol, methanol and acetone. In fact, it also extracts a greater number and higher concentration of zoo-chemcials. On the basis of the extraction capacity of the solvent, ethanol extract was used for further antimicrobial activity. Overall, marine water Mollusca has shown interesting properties as a medicinal use.