| Autor: |
Aceret TL; Department of Animal Biology, University of the Philippines at Los Baños College, Laguna., Coll JC, Uchio Y, Sammarco PW |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part C, Pharmacology, toxicology & endocrinology [Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol] 1998 Jul; Vol. 120 (1), pp. 121-6. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/s0742-8413(98)00032-2 |
| Abstrakt: |
The soft coral Sinularia flexibilis is rarely overgrown by bacteria and algae. Various studies have shown that it contains diterpenes that protect it from competitors and predators. However, of the many diterpenoids isolated from S. flexibilis, only sinulariolide has been studied for antibiotic properties. Samples of soft corals were collected from Orpheus Island and freeze-dried for chemical extraction and isolation of pure diterpenes. Antimicrobial activity of the diterpenes was determined using the disc assay method with antibiotics as controls and the minimum inhibitory concentrations of the diterpenes were determined using the Tube Dilution Technique. Two out of the five diterpenes tested (sinulariolide and flexibilide), showed marked antimicrobial activity and inhibited growth of Gram-positive bacteria. Flexibilide was effective even at concentrations as low as 5 ppm, whereas sinulariolide was effective at concentrations of 10 ppm. These compounds show potential as antibiotics. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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