Background
Methods
Plant material and extraction
Species (family); Voucher numbera | Traditional uses | Parts used traditionally | Bioactive or potentially bioactive components | Bioactivity of crude extract |
---|---|---|---|---|
Xanthosoma mafaffa (L.) Schott (Araceae); 18675/SRF/Cam | Bone disease (osteoporosis) [37] | Leaves and tubers | - | - |
Passiflora edulis Sims (Passifloraceae); 65104/HNC | Leaves, fruit, bark and roots | ionone-I, ionone-II, megastigma-5,8-dien-4–1, megastigma-5,8(Z)-diene-4–1, 4,4a-Epoxy-4, 4a-dihydroedulan, 3-hydroxyedulan, edulan-I, edulan-II, passifloric acid methyl ester [40] | ||
Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae); 49178/HNC | Leaves, flowers, seeds and barks | 4-(4’-O-acetyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)benzylisothiocyanate, 4-(-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)benzylisothiocyanate, niazimicin, pterygospermin, benzylisothiocyanate and 4-(α-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)benzylglucosinolate [43] |
Preliminary phytochemical screening
Extracts | Xanthosoma mafaffa leaves extact | Passiflora edulis Pericarps (fruits) extract | Moringa oleifera leaves extract |
---|---|---|---|
Yielda (%) | 4.30 | 3.92 | 3.95 |
Alkaloids | - | - | + |
Polyphenols | + | + | + |
Flavonoids | - | + | + |
Anthraquinones | - | - | + |
Coumarins | + | - | + |
Tannins | + | - | + |
Triterpenes | + | + | + |
Sterols | + | + | + |
Saponins | + | + | + |
Antimicrobial assays
Chemicals for antimicrobial assay
Microbial strains and culture media
INT colorimetric assay for MIC and MBC determinations
Results
Phytochemical composition
Antibacterial activity
Bacterial strains | Tested samples, MIC and MBC and MIC in the presence of PAßN in parenthesis (μg/mL) | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xanthosoma mafaffa
|
Passiflora edulis
|
Moringa oleifera
|
Chloramphenicol
| ||||||||||
MIC | MBC | R | MIC | MBC | R | MIC | MBC | R | MIC | MBC | R | ||
E. coli
| ATCC8739 | - | - | - | 256 | - | - | 256 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
AG100 | 256 (512) | - | - | 128 (<4) | 1024 | 8 | 128 (256) | - | - | 4 (<4) | 256 | 64 | |
AG100A | 512 | 1024 | 2 | 512 | 1024 | 2 | 512 | - | - | 2 | 64 | 32 | |
AG102 | 1024 (512) | - | - | 512 (1024) | 1024 | 2 | 256 (1024) | - | - | 8 (<4) | - | - | |
AG100ATet | 256 (-) | - | - | 1024 (-) | - | - | 1024 (-) | 1024 | 1 | 64 (32) | 256 | 4 | |
W3110 | 1024 | - | - | 256 | - | - | 256 | - | - | 8 | 16 | 2 | |
E. aerogenes
| ATCC13048 | - | - | - | 256 | - | - | 1024 | - | - | 8 | 128 | 16 |
EA289 | 512 (1024) | - | - | 512 (1024) | 1024 | 2 | 1024 (1024) | - | - | 64 (32) | 512 | 8 | |
EA27 | 256 (16) | - | - | 256 (16) | - | - | 1024 (1024) | - | - | 64 (<4) | 512 | 8 | |
EA298 | - | - | - | 512 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 256 | 8 | |
CM64 | - (-) | - | - | - (-) | - | - | - (-) | - | - | 256 (4) | 256 | 1 | |
K. pneumoniae
| ATCC11296 | 256 | - | - | 256 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 512 | 128 |
KP55 | 1024 (512) | - | - | 512 (1024) | - | - | 256 (1024) | - | - | 64 (16) | 128 | 2 | |
KP63 | 1024 (512) | - | - | 512 (1024) | - | - | - (-) | - | - | 256 (32) | 256 | 1 | |
K24 | - | - | - | 1024 | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | 256 | 4 | |
P. aeruginosa
| PA01 | - | - | - | 256 | - | - | 1024 | - | - | 16 | 256 | 16 |
PA124 | - (-) | - | - | - (-) | - | - | - (-) | - | - | 64 (4) | 512 | 8 | |
P. stuartii
| ATCC29914 | - | - | - | 512 | - | - | 1024 | - | - | 8 | 32 | 4 |
NEA16 | 512 (1024) | - | - | 256 (1024) | - | - | 1024 (1024) | - | - | 32 (4) | 256 | 8 |
Role of efflux pumps in the susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria
Effects of the association of the extracts with antibiotics
Antibiotics | Bacterial strains, MIC (μg/mL) of antibiotics in the absence and presence of the extract | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extract concentration | PA124 | AG100 | AG102 | AG100Atet | EA27 | EA289 | CM64 | KP55 | KP63 | NEA16 | PBSS (%) | |
CIP | 0 | 16 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | - | 1 | |
CMI/2 | 16(1)I | 0.50(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) |
0.25(0.25)
S
|
0.50(0.50)
S
| 1(2)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
16(na)
S
|
0.50(0.50)
S
|
60
| |
CMI/4 | 16(1)I | 0.50(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) |
0.25(0.25)
S
| 1(1)I | 1(2)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
16(na)
S
| 1(1)I | 40 | |
NOR | 0 | 128 | 2 |
1
| - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | - | 4 | |
CMI/2 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
| 8(2)I | 16(2)I | 32(8)A | 16(1)I | 128(na)S | 8(2)I | 30 | |
CMI/4 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
| 32(8)A | 16(2)I | 32(8)A | 16(1)I | -(na) | 8(2)I | 20 | |
CHL | 0 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 256 | 64 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 | 64(1)I | 4(1)I |
1(0.13)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
|
4(0.06)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I |
16(0.25)
S
| -(na) |
16(0.50)
S
|
60
| |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I | 4(1)I |
2(0.25)
S
| 64(1)I |
16(0.25)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I |
16(0.25)
S
| -(na) |
16(0.50)
S
|
50
| |
ERY | 0 | 128 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 16 | 16 | 256 | 32 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 |
64(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I | 32(1)I |
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
80
| |
CMI/4 |
64(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I | 64(2)I |
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
80
| |
KAN | 0 | 64 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 16 | - | 16 | |
CMI/2 |
32(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
2(0.50)
S
| 16(1)I | -(na) | 16(1)I |
70
| |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| 1(2)I |
1(0.50)
S
| 8(1)I |
8(0.25)
S
| 4(1)I | 16(1)I | -(na) | 16(1)I | 30 | |
TET | 0 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | |
CMI/2 |
8(0.50)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.06)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
|
2(0.25)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
1(0.13)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
|
100
| |
CMI/4 | 16(1)I | 32(1)I |
1(0.50)
S
|
4(0.06)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
2(0.25)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
1(0.13)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
|
80
| |
AMP | 0 | - | - | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | -(na) | 128(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
128(na)
S
| -(na) | -(na) | 10 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | -(na) | 128(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 | |
CEF | 0 | - | 64 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | 64(1)I | 32(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
256(na)
S
| -(na) | -(na) | 10 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | 64(1)I | 32(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 |
Antibiotics | Bacterial strains, MIC (μg/mL) of antibiotics in the absence and presence of the extract | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extract concentration | PA124 | AG100 | AG102 | AG100Atet | EA27 | EA289 | CM64 | KP55 | KP63 | NEA16 | PBSS (%) | |
CIP | 0 | 16 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | - | 1 | |
CMI/2 | 16(1)I | 0.50(1)I | 0.50(1)I | -(na) | 2(2)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| 8(16)A |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 1(1)I | 20 | |
CMI/4 | 16(1)I | 0.50(1)I | 0.50(1)I | -(na) | 4(4)A | 1(1)I | 64(256)A |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 1(1)I | 10 | |
NOR | 0 | 128 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | - | 4 | |
CMI/2 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
| 4(1)I |
4(0.50)
S
| 64(16)A |
4(0.25)
S
| -(na) | 4(1)I | 40 | |
CMI/4 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
| 16(4)I | 8(1)I | -(na)A |
4(0.25)
S
| -(na) | 4(1)I | 30 | |
CHL | 0 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 256 | 64 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 | 64(1)I |
2(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
|
2(0.03)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
|
128(0.50)
S
| 64(1)I | -(na) |
16(0.50)
S
| 70 | |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I |
2(0.50)
S
|
1(0.13)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
|
16(0.25)
S
| 64(1)I | 256(1)I | 64(1)I | -(na) |
16(0.50)
S
| 50 | |
ERY | 0 | 128 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 16 | 16 | 256 | 32 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 |
64(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 128(8)A |
1(0.06)
S
| 256(1)I |
8(0.25)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
70
| |
CMI/4 | 128(1)I | <0.50(na)S |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 128(8)A | 16(1)I | 256(1)I |
2(0.06)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
50
| |
KAN | 0 | 64 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 16 | - | 16 | |
CMI/2 | 64(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| 0.50(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
2(0.06)
S
| 128(32)A |
2(0.13)
S
| -(na) | 16(1)I |
60
| |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
| 0.50(1)I |
1(0.50)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
| -(na) |
2(0.13)
S
| -(na) | 16(1)I |
60
| |
TET | 0 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | |
CMI/2 |
8(0.50)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
8(0.13)
S
| 64(2)I |
2(0.06)
S
| 32(4)A |
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
80
| |
CMI/4 | 16(1)I |
16(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
8(0.13)
S
| 64(2)I |
4(0.13)
S
| 64(8)A |
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
70
| |
AMP | 0 | - | - | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | -(na) |
<1(na)
S
| -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
256(na)
S
| -(na) | 20 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | -(na) |
32(0.25)
S
| -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
256(na)
S
| -(na) | 20 | |
CEF | 0 | - | 64 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | 128(2)I |
8(0.25)
S
| -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
128(na)
S
| -(na) | 20 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | 128(2)I | 32(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) |
128(na)
S
| -(na) | 10 |
Antibiotics | Bacterial strains, MIC (μg/mL) of antibiotics in the absence and presence of the extract | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extract concentration | PA124 | AG100 | AG102 | AG100Atet | EA27 | EA289 | CM64 | KP55 | KP63 | NEA16 | PBSS (%) | |
CIP | 0 | 16 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | - | 1 | |
CMI/2 | 32(2)I | 0.50(1)I | 0.50(1)I | -(na) | 1(1)I |
0.50(0.50)
S
| 4(8)A |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 1(1)I | 20 | |
CMI/4 | 32(2)I | 0.50(1)I | 0.50(1)I | -(na) | 1(1)I |
0.50(0.50)
S
| 8(16)A |
<0.50(na)
S
| -(na) | 1(1)I | 20 | |
NOR | 0 | 128 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | - | 4 | |
CMI/2 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
| -(na) | 4(1)I |
4(0.50)
S
| 64(16)A |
8(0.50)
S
| -(na) |
2(0.50)
S
| 40 | |
CMI/4 | 128(1)I | 2(1)I |
<1(na)
S
| -(na) | 4(1)I |
4(0.50)
S
| 128(32)A | 16(1)I | -(na) |
2(0.50)
S
| 30 | |
CHL | 0 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 256 | 64 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 |
32(0.50)
S
| 4(1)I |
1(0.13)
S
| 64(1)I |
32(0.50)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
|
128(0.50)
S
|
2(0.03)
S
| -(na) | 32(1)I |
60
| |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I | 4(1)I |
2(0.25)
S
| 64(1)I |
32(0.50)
S
|
32(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I |
4(0.06)
S
| -(na) | 32(1)I | 40 | |
ERY | 0 | 128 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | 16 | 16 | 256 | 32 | - | 32 | |
CMI/2 | 128(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
|
128(0.50)
S
|
1(0.03)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
90
| |
CMI/4 | 128(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
|
8(0.50)
S
| 256(1)I |
4(0.13)
S
|
128(na)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
80
| |
KAN | 0 | 64 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 16 | - | 16 | |
CMI/2 |
32(0.50)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
1(0.13)
S
|
2(0.06)
S
| 8(2)I |
4(0.25)
S
| -(na) |
4(0.25)
S
|
80
| |
CMI/4 | 64(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
<0.50(na)
S
|
1(0.50)
S
|
2(0.25)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
| 256(64)A |
8(0.50)
S
| -(na) |
8(0.50)
S
|
70
| |
TET | 0 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | |
CMI/2 | 16(1)I |
16(0.50)
S
|
1(0.50)
S
|
8(0.13)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
| 8(1)I |
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
80
| |
CMI/4 | 16(1)I | 32(1)I |
1(0.50)
S
|
8(0.13)
S
|
16(0.50)
S
|
4(0.13)
S
| 64(8)A |
<0.50(na)
S
|
4(0.50)
S
|
8(0.25)
S
|
70
| |
AMP | 0 | - | - | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | -(na) | 128(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | -(na) | 128(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 | |
CEF | 0 | - | 64 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
CMI/2 | -(na) | 64(1)I | 32(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 | |
CMI/4 | -(na) | 64(1)I | 32(1)I | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | -(na) | 00 |