Phytochemical analysis of Acanthophora najadiformis using High-Resolution Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HR-LCMS) and FTIR

Abstract

A substantial source of marine natural products is oceanic macroalgae. The pharmaceutical industry contends that a wide variety of bioactive
secondary metabolites produced by seaweeds can be used to create novel medications. It has been established that it is crucial to analyse
complex bioactive chemicals using analytical methods like HR-LCMS. The goal of the current work was to use HR-LCMS and FTIR to
analyse the bioactive metabolites found in the marine alga Acanthophora najadiformis.
Bioactive substances such as alkaloids, steroid, fatty acids, ester, phenol ethers, fatty alcohols, triterpenoids, polypeptides, glycoside,
xanthenes, coumarin, flavonoid, diterpenoid, and xanthone are revealed by the HR-LCMS and FTIR analyses.
The current study's findings support the existence of significant phytocompounds in Acanthophora najadiformis and are helpful for further
in-depth research to produce drugs from marine algae to treat a range of illnesses. Discovering all-natural remedies for a wide range of
diseases and disorders is the focus of current research.