The invention discloses novel application of
salicornia europaea and a root extractive thereof. The
salicornia europae (
Salicornia europaea L.) and the root extractive thereof provided by the invention are used for inhibiting the
algae growth causing
red tide and inhibiting the
red tide. The
algae causing the
red tide is selected from at least one of
skeletonema costatum, prorocentrum donghaiense and prorocentrum minimum. The method for preparing the root extractive of the
salicornia europae comprises the following steps: using an
organic solvent as an extractant, and extracting from the root of the
salicornia europaea, wherein the
organic solvent is selected from any one of
petroleum ether,
chloroform,
methanol and normal
butanol. The result of the test shows that four different root extractives of the
salicornia europaea can strongly inhibit the growth and the
photosynthesis of three kinds of
algae; for different algae, the
allelopathy strength is different; for the
skeletonema costatum, the
allelopathy of the
petroleum ether phase extractive is the strongest, and IC50 is 1.633 mg / L; for the prorocentrum donghaiense, the function of the
chloroform phase extractive is the strongest, and IC50 is 13. 799 mg / L; and for the prorocentrum minimum, the
allelopathy is improved along with the increasing of the polarity of the extractive, the function of the
methanol phase is the strongest, and IC50 is 1.138 mg / L.