In Silico and In-vitro assessment of β carotene extracted from Westella botryoides for fighting multidrug resistant bacterial strains
Haider Ammar Alubaidy·Majid S. Jabir·Ali Hamid Al-Bdeery·Zena Abd-Alkhadim Owda·Haider A. Alghanmi·Suresh Ghotekar
Algae are a sustainable natural resource because of their beta-carotene content. Therefore, this study demonstrates the extraction of the bioactive compound beta-carotene as a protein pigment from the green alga Westella botryoides and its potential use as an antibacterial agent against pathogenic bacterial cells. This study investigates the interactions between beta-carotene and bacterial receptors, including S. mutans-3IHK, E. coli-7P2M, S. aureus-5M1A, and Salmonella typhi-7CI4, using molecul