| Autor: |
Calixto Júnior JT; Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil ; Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil ; Faculdade de Juazeiro do Nort (FJN), 63010-210 Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil., Morais SM; Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil ; Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Martins CG; Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Vieira LG; Laboratório de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), 60740-000 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Morais-Braga MF; Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil., Carneiro JN; Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil., Machado AJ; Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil., Menezes IR; Laboratório de Farmacologia e Química Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil., Tintino SR; Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil., Coutinho HD; Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), 63105-000 Crato, CE, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
The high incidence of fungal infections has led to the continuous search for new drugs. Extracts of Luehea paniculata, a tree of multiple medicinal uses, were evaluated for anti-Candida activity, as well as its modulator potential of the Fluconazole antibiotic. Chemical prospecting of ethanol extracts of leaf and bark was carried out, the quantification of total phenols and flavonoids, characterized by the HPLC-DAD technique. The rosmarinic acid and the vitexin flavonoid were observed as major constituents in ELELP and ESWELP, respectively. Antioxidant activity was also evaluated by the method of scavenging the free radical DPPH, and quercetin was used as standard, obtaining IC50 values: 0.341 (mg/mL) for ELELP and 0.235 (mg/mL) for ESWELP. The microdilution assay was performed for antifungal activity against strains of Candida albicans, C. krusei, and C. tropicalis and showed minimum inhibitory concentrations values ≥1024 μg/mL. In the modulator action of extracts on Fluconazole against multiresistant clinical isolates of Candida (subinhibitory concentration minimum of 128 μg/mL), a significant synergism was observed, indicating that the extracts potentiated the antifungal effect against C. tropicalis, where antioxidant flavonoids could be responsible. This is the first report about modifying activity of the antibiotic action of a species of the genus Luehea. |
