| anti-amoebic properties of a malaysian marine sponge aaptos sp. on acanthamoeba castellanii. | crude methanol extracts of a marine sponge, aaptos aaptos, collected from three different localities namely kapas, perhentian and redang islands, terengganu, malaysia, were tested in vitro on a pathogenic acanthamoeba castellanii (imr isolate) to examine their anti-amoebic potential. the examination of anti-acanthamoebic activity of the extracts was conducted in 24 well plates for 72 h at 30 °c. all extracts possessed anti-amoebic activity with their ic(50) values ranging from 0.615 to 0.876 mg/ ... | 2012 | 22805843 |