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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110987
Keywords
Phytochemical; Antibacterial effect; Candida spp; Fungal anti-dimorphism
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- Fundacab Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnolegico (FUNCAP)
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The Piper mikanianum species were investigated by the antimicrobial potential and chemical composition. Chemical analysis was performed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) as well as the 50% Inhibitory Concentration against Candida strains were determined by microdilution. The effect of the drug-oil combination was also evaluated to verify possible synergism. The Minimum Fungicidal Concentration (MFC) was evaluated by subculturing the microdilution in Petri dishes and the anti-pleomorphism potential of the oil was tested in humid chambers. Chemical analysis revealed safrol as the major compound. The results from the intrinsic activity evaluation of the oil did not reveal a clinical importance, however, it presented a synergistic effect when associated with gentamicin against the multidrug resistant E. coli strain and when associated with fluconazole against fungal strains. Moreover, the oil possessed a fungistatic effect. Total inhibition of filamentous structures occurred in both Candida species in the anti-virulence test. The P. mikanianum essential oil showed a potentiating activity of drugs for which resistance exists and an inhibitory effect of one of the main virulence factors of the Candida genus, morphological transition, which has been previously shown to be responsible for causing invasive infections in human tissues.
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