Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 1317-1327Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19011317
Keywords
Sambucus australis; ursolic acid; antioxidant activity; antibacterial activity
Funding
- CAPES
- CNPq
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Ursolic acid, an important bioactive compound, was isolated from ethanol extract of aerial parts of Sambucus australis. In order to develop bioactive ursolic acid derivatives, two semi-synthetic compounds were obtained through modification at C-3. The antibacterial activity of the ursolic acid and its derivatives was investigated. The microdilution method was used for determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), against twelve bacterial strains. The influence of ursolic acid and its derivatives on the susceptibility of some bacterial pathogens to the aminoglycosides antibiotics neomycin, amikacin, kanamycin and gentamicin was evaluated. The most representative synergistic effect was observed by 3 beta-formyloxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid at the concentration of 64 mu g/mL in combination with kanamycin against Escherichia coli (27), a multidrug-resistant clinical isolate from sputum, with reduction of MIC value from 128 mu g/mL to 8 mu g/mL. Ursolic acid and its derivatives were examined for their radical scavenger activity using the DPPH assay, and showed significant activity.
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