The Application of Antibacterial Components of Euphorbia Humifusa Willd on Silk Fabrics

2012 ◽  
Vol 441 ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Wu ◽  
Pei Jian Zhou ◽  
Xiao Fang Wang

The minimal inhibitory concentration of the natural antibacterial components extracted from euphorbia humifusa willd (EHW) was investigated. The optimized fixation process and the antimicrobial activity of the treated silk fabrics were also studied. The results of the experiments indicated that the optimized fixation process parameters were extract concentration 60%, pH 4, 90°C and 60 minutes and the silk fabric had excellent antibacterial property. After 30 washing cycles the inhibitory rate of the silk fabric decreased from 100% to 61.8% and from, 89.31% to 67.86% against St.aureus and E. coli, respectively. A further treatment with rare earth improved the antibacterial durability of the silk fabric.

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-155
Author(s):  
Gustaw Kerszman

The toxicity of the first ten MEIC chemicals to Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis was examined. Nine of the chemicals were toxic to the bacteria, with the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranging from 10-3 to 4.4M. The sensitivities of both organisms were similar, but the effect on E. coli was often bactericidal, while it was bacteriostatic for B. subtilis. Digoxin was not detectably toxic to either bacterial species. Amitriptyline and FeSO4 were relatively less toxic to the bacteria than to human cells. For seven chemicals, a highly significant linear regression was established between log MIC in bacteria and log of blood concentration, giving lethal and moderate/mild toxicity in humans, as well as with toxicity to human lymphocytes.


1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 151-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Devínsky ◽  
Ivan Lacko ◽  
Ludovít Krasnec ◽  
Dušan Mlynarčík

Antimicrobial activity of N,N′-bis(decylmethyl)-α,ω-alkanediamine dioxides determined on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans is presented as minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). The effect of the length of linking alkylene chain on this activity has been followed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 332-334 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
Hong Chao Miao ◽  
Bo Jun Xi ◽  
Hong Lin ◽  
Yu Yue Chen

Silk fabrics are highly popular with people for their excellent properties, with science and living standards progress, the natural and no added finishing method is pursuited by people especially, functional textile products become more and more popular. In this paper, silver nanoparticles were deoxygenated by using natural cactus solution. This silver nanaparticles were prepared under the unpolluted environment. The basic raw material is natural selection, preparation method is simple, non-polluting, eco-friendly and to address the reliability of a better way. Natural fabrics treated with natural plant, not only improve the added value of the product, but also achieve natural of the fabric, meet the requirements of the modern people. This research product the cactus silver nanoparticles silk fabric, demonstrated that the cactus solution can fix the nano-silver uniform on the surface of the silk fabric. Studied the antibacterial property of the silk fabric after finishing, discussed the fabric breaking strength and antibacterial property of silk fabric under different concentration、temperature and time. Finally, the best finishing process obtained is: 0.01mol/L silver ammonia is 2mL, the extract from cactus is 50mL, liquor ratio is 1:50, dipping temperature is 60°C, dipping time is 60min.


2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdualrahman M. Abdualkader ◽  
Ahmed Merzouk ◽  
Abbas Mohammed Ghawi ◽  
And Mohammed Alaama

Leeches were fed on the phagostimulatory solution through parafilm membrane. The satiated leeches were forced to regurgitate the solution by soaking them in an ice-container. The anticoagulant activity was ascertained using thrombin time assay (TT). The result revealed that the saliva concentration which increases TT by 100% (IC100) is 43.205µg/ml plasma. The antimicrobial activity of the saliva was tested against several bacterial spp. (E.coli, P.aeruginosa, B.cereus, Sal.typhi and S.aureus)  and fungi spp. (C.albicans and C.neoformans). It was found that saliva has an inhibition activity against Sal.typhi (minimal inhibitory concentration MIC 78.253µg/ml), S.aureus (MIC 78.253µg/ml) and E.coli (MIC 121.256µg/ml).ABSTRAK: Pacat-pacat diberi makan larutan phagostimulatory menerusi membran parafilem. Pacat-pacat yang kekenyangan itu dipaksa memuntahkan larutan tersebut dengan direndam di dalam bekas berisi ais. Aktiviti antigumpal ditentukan menggunakan cerakin masa trombin (TT). Keputusan menunjukkan kepekatan air liur pacat menyebabkan pertambahan TT sebanyak 100% (IC100) iaitu 43.205µg/ml plasma. Aktiviti antimikrob air liur telah diuji dengan pelbagai jenis bakteria (E.coli, P.aeruginosa, B.cereus, Sal.typhi dan S.aureus) dan pelbagai jenis kulat (C.albicans and C.neoformans). Didapati air liur menghasilkan aktiviti perencatan terhadap Sal.typhi (kepekatan perencat minima (Minimal inhibitory concentration - MIC) 78.253µg/ml), S.aureus (MIC 78.253µg/ml) dan E.coli (MIC 121.256µg/ml).


1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
James R. Wild

The influence of simulated diving environments on the antimicrobial activity of a variety of penicillin and cephalosporin congeners was studied in Staphylococcus aureus. Pressure reduced bacteriostatic action provided the antibiotic was susceptible to β-lactamase hydrolysis and the bacterium was inducible for penicillinase. Ethidium bromide curing of the penicillinase plasmid of an inducible strain eliminated the hyperbaric effect. The minimal inhibitory concentration of benzylpenicillin increased about threefold with increasing hyperbaric pressure from 17 to 136 atm. Additional pressurization to 204 atm did not change antibiotic efficacy further. The efficacy of benzylpenicillin was reduced by 68 atm of hyperbaric helium, nitrogen, or a mixture of neon and helium, but was slightly increased by 68 atm of argon, removal of the gas phase, or 68 atm of hydrostatic pressure. Hyperbaric helium had no effect on β-lactamase activity in vitro. An effect was demonstrated upon induction by suboptimal concentrations of methicillin. The concentration of methicillin required for the induction of half-maximal levels of penicillinase in late log cultures of S. aureus was reduced from 0.15 μg/ml at 1 atm to 0.06 μg/ml at 68 atm. The basis of increased resistance to antibiotics exhibited by S. aureus in hyperbaric environments appears to be enhanced efficiency of penicillinase induction.


1993 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. B. Hunter ◽  
C. A. Hart ◽  
J. C. Shelley ◽  
J. R. Walton ◽  
M. Bennett

SUMMARYGentamicin-resistant Escherichia coli isolated at different periods from patients in two hospitals were tested for resistance to the aminoglycoside antibiotic apramycin. Twenty-four of 93 (26%) gentamicin-resistant isolates collected from the Royal Liverpool Hospital between 1981 and 1990 were resistant to apramycin. Thirteen isolates were highly resistant to apramycin (minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≥ 1024 μg/ml). were also resistant to gentamicin, netilmicin and tobramycin, and hybridized with a DNA probe derived from the aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (3)IV (AAC(3)IV) gene. The proportion of gentamicinresistant isolates which had high level resistance to apramycin increased from 7% in 1981–5 to 24% in 1986–90.Twelve gentamicin-resistant E. coli from Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital isolated between 1977 and 1980 were also tested for resistance to apramycin. For five of these isolates the MICs of apramycin was 32–256 μg/ml. None was shown to have a conjugative plasmid carrying resistance to apramycin and only one hybridized with the DNA probe for the AAC(3)IV enzyme.


2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Zhang ◽  
Dong-Mei Xian ◽  
Hai-Hua Li ◽  
Ji-Cai Zhang ◽  
Zhong-Lu You

A series of new halo-substituted aroylhydrazones have been prepared and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and IR spectra, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas fluorescence) and antifungal (Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger) activities by the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) method. Among the tested compounds, N′-(2-chloro-5-nitrobenzylidene)-2-fluorobenzohydrazide showed the most effective antimicrobial activity with minimum inhibitory concentration values of 0.82, 2.5, 1.7, 15.2, and 37.5 μg mL–1 against B. subtilis, S. aureus, E. coli, P. fluorescence, and C. albicans, respectively. The biological assay indicated that the presence of the electron-withdrawing groups in the aroylhydrazones improved their antimicrobial activities.


Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1032
Author(s):  
Taja Žitek ◽  
Dragana Borjan ◽  
Andrej Golle ◽  
Željko Knez ◽  
Maša Knez

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) is considered to be a good and cheap source of phenolic compounds with favorable biological activities, especially antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. Hypothesis/Purpose: The current work explored the optimization of the process conditions of solid–liquid extraction from Origanum vulgare to obtain extracts with high antimicrobial activity. We investigated which parameters promoted different efficiencies, leading to the maximum extraction of phenols and the consequent highest level of biological activity. Design-Expert Pro 11 was selected to design and analyze the experiments. The extracts were obtained by maceration as a simple method to recover value-added compounds from plant material, and supercritical fluid extraction was carried out as a green method with a high selectivity to obtain the compounds of interest. Pressure, temperature, and time were varied to obtain extracts with high antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. According to the results obtained using Design-Expert, the optimal conditions for maceration were at a temperature of 83 °C. The 1,1′-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrase method was used for the determination of antioxidant potential, while microdilution methods were used to determine the antimicrobial potential with regard to Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. A level of antioxidant activity of 87.21% was achieved. Supercritical fluid extracts showed higher antioxidant activity at a higher temperature of 60 °C and higher pressure of 25 MPa, although the results at 40 °C and 25 MPa were similar. The lowest minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were 0.147 mg/mL for S. aureus, 0.728 mg/mL for E. coli, and 0.311 mg/mL for C. albicans. Overall, the optimal conditions for supercritical fluid extraction were 25 MPa and 40 °C. On the other hand, amounts of 0.208 mg/mL for S. aureus, 1.031 mg/mL for E. coli and 0.872 mg/mL for C. albicans were obtained using maceration. The MIC values of extracts obtained by supercritical fluid extraction were comparable to the minimum inhibitory concentration values obtained by different conventional techniques, such as those of Clevenger and Soxhlet.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-370
Author(s):  
Sriram Gummuluri ◽  
Venkata Teja Kavalipurapu ◽  
Apoorva Vasundhara Kaligotla

Introduction: the long term success of root canal treatment is ultimately related to the effective debridement and disinfection of the root canal system. Hence, the irrigants play an important role in achieving the good penetrability and bactericidal activity. The present study was mainly aimed at evaluating the invitro antimicrobial efficacy of Novel Ethanolic Extract of Morinda Citrifolia by agar well diffusion and minimal inhibitory concentration. Materials and Methods:the antimicrobial efficacy of the Novel Ethanolic Extract of Morinda Citrifolia was tested using agar well diffusion and minimal inhibitory concentration was assessed. The zone of inhibitions were determined at 10 mg/ml concentration of Ethanolic Extract of Morinda Citrifolia on agar well plate and Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) against tested microorganism. Results: results obtained in the present study by both qualitative and quantitative experiments revieled that the tested Ethanolic Extract of Morinda Citrifolia possesses potential antibacterial activity against Enterococcus Feacalis when compared with standard antibiotic tetracycline. the highest zone of inhibition of 15mm was showed at 1000micrograms by agar well diffusion assay. The optimal antimicrobial activity was seen at 250micrograms for Morinda Citrifolia against Enterococcus Feacalis.Conclusion: novel Ethanolic extract of Morinda Citrifolia has shown an optimal antimicrobial activity against E.Feaclais. But still, future studies are still needed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-393
Author(s):  
Anis Asmi Azman ◽  
Nurul Nadiah ◽  
Andi Rifki Rosandy ◽  
Afnani Alwi ◽  
Nurkhalida Kamal ◽  
...  

The research study regarding antimicrobial activity of pure compounds and LCMS data comparison from extract of lichen Parmotrema praesorediosum in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Antimicrobial activity of acetone, ethanol, and methanol extracts as well as five compounds, namely methyl divaricatinate, methyl haematommate, methyl chlorohaematommate, methyl β-orsellinate, and vinapraesorediosic acid from methanol extract were identified for the microbial activity against four bacterial species, Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogens, and Escerichia coli as well as two fungal species, Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosisbased on standards. The determination of IC50 using minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) by broth microdilution method was carried out. For acetone extract, 201 μg/mL concentration was required to inhibit 50% (IC50) growth of positive gram bacteria, S. aureus while the concentrations of 430 and 480 μg/mL were able to inhibit 50% (IC50) growth of C. albicans and C. parapsilosis, respectively. Ethanol and methanol extract as well as five pure compounds did not inhibit 50% (IC50) of bacterial and yeast growths. Five pure compounds were first reported to determine IC50 of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) from lichen, Parmotrema praesorediosum in Malaysia. The comparison of LC-MS data between ethanol and acetone extracts showed that there was a peak of the main compound, atranorin in the acetone extract, but was invisible in the ethanol extract where the main bond broke down and produced other compounds. Result of pure compounds from antimicrobial activity and LCMS data comparison from extract of lichen Parmotrema praesorediosum were first reported in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Data produced from this study will be used to show the comparison and latest result that will provide ongoing body of research into the issue of natural product.


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