989 resultados para antimicrobial activities
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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The increasing environmental concern about chemical surfactants triggers attention to microbial-derived surface-active compounds essentially due to their low toxicity and biodegradable nature. At present, biosurfactants are predominantly used in remediation of pollutants; however, they show potential applications in many sectors of food industry. Associated with emulsion forming and stabilization, antiadhesive and antimicrobial activities are some properties of biosurfactants, which could be explored in food processing and formulation. Potential applications of microbial surfactants in food area and the use of agroindustrial wastes as alternative substrates for their production are discussed.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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The hexane extract of the stems of Raulinoa echinata afforded the sesquiterpenes germacrene D (6), 1β,6α-dihydroxy-4-(15)-eudesmene (4) and oplopanone (5); the triterpenes squalene, isomultiflorenol (7), isobauerenol (8) and friedelin (9); the protolimonoids melianone (2) and melianodiol (3); and the pyranocoumarin 3-(1′-1′-dimethylallyl)-lomatin (1), which has not been reported previously as a natural product; together with β-sitosterol. The hexane extract and some of these compounds were assayed in vitro against trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Brine shrimp lethality and antimicrobial activities of the crude extract and pure compounds were also evaluated.
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Natural products have received new interest recently, maybe in men's attempt to turn into the nature for the prevention and the relief of diseases, mainly because of those untreated by the traditional medicine. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, popularly known as 'jambolão, is a well-known plant by several pharmacological actions so much in the popular use as in the scientific literature. In this search antidiabetic, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of 'jambolão' were described, among other actions.
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The aim of this work was to evaluate the class of secondary metabolites responsible for the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of bark extracts of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Leguminosae-Mimosoidae), a plant widely used in folk medicine in Brazil. Extracts of the bark were prepared with 50% ethanol, 70% ethanol, acetone:water (7:3, v/v) and chloroform. Antioxidant activity was prospected by spraying thin-layer chromatographs of the extracts with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) and measuring the DPPH radical scavenging capacity by spectrophotometry. Antibacterial activity was revealed by the agar diffusion method and bioautography. TLC spots assigned to tannins in the polar extracts showed antioxidant activity by DPPH radical scavenging and the chloroform extract showed the least scavenging activity. Antimicrobial activity was indicated by the bacterial growth inhibition haloes around polar extracts and bioautography showed activity in the TLC spots assigned to tannins. It was concluded that polar extracts of the bark of S. adstringens possessed antioxidant and antimicrobial activities which were due to secondary metabolite derived from the tannin class, which are the main constituent of these bark extracts, according to the literature.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as atividades antimicrobiana e antipromastigota de extratos de V. surinamensis e suas frações. Na obtenção dos extratos foram utilizados solventes de polaridade crescente (hexano, acetato de etila e metanol) e o extrato acetato de etila foi fracionado em coluna cromatográfica aberta, empregando como fase estacionária gel de sílica e como eluentes misturas de hexano e acetato de etila em gradiente de polaridade crescente. Para avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana utilizou-se o teste de difusão em Agar, sendo utilizados os seguintes microorganismos: Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Candida albicans. A fração ativa foi submetida à microdiluição, onde se determinou a concentração inibitória mínima (CIM). Na avaliação da atividade antipromastigota utilizou-se a Leishmania amazonensis e L. chagasi, sendo determinadas as concentrações inibitórias mínimas e Concentração Inibitória 50% (CI50). Os extratos hexânico, acetato de etila e metanólico foram submetidos ao ensaio de difusão em Agar, não sendo observadas inibições do crescimento bacteriano e fúngico. Apenas a fração acetato de etila FA3, obtida do extrato acetato de etila, inibiu o crescimento do S. aureus no teste de difusão em Agar. Porém na microdiluição esta fração mostrou-se inativa (CIM>1000μg/mL). Apenas o extrato hexânico mostrou-se ativo em formas promastigota de L. amazonensis e L.chagasi. Em síntese, apenas o extrato hexânico mostrou-se ativo em formas promastigota de leishmanias.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)