期刊
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 111, 期 -, 页码 302-306出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2017.03.026
关键词
Antimicrobial activity; Crude extract; Elasticamide; Elastiquinone; Ficusoside B; Ficus elastica
资金
- Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI)
- NRF [88559]
Fiats elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., an edible plant belonging to the family of Moraceae, is traditionally used against skin infections and allergies besides having diuretic properties. This study aimed at investigating the antimicrobial activity of the wood of F. elastica aerial roots against a set of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus; Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia stuartii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and a yeast (Candida albicans). A mixture of linear aliphatic alkanes with n-hexacosane as major compound, beta-sitosterol, biochanin A, sitosteryl 3-0-beta-D-glucopyranoside (1), elasticamide (2), elastiquinone (3) and ficusoside B (4) were purified and characterized. Antimicrobial activities, expressed as minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), indicated that the methanol extract showed MIC of 39.1 mu g/mL; the lowest values were obtained for 3 and 4, with MIC as low as 4.9 mu g/mL, smaller than the values of reference antibiotics (25 mu g/mL). Furthermore, as most of the studied samples exhibited Minimum Microbicidal Concentration/Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MMC/MIC) ratios lower than 4, a microbicidal effect was clearly exhibited. The overall results provided evidence that the wood of F. elastica aerial roots, as well as some of its isolated components might be potential sources of new antimicrobial drugs. (C) 2017 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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