Cucurbitacin B interacts synergistically with antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates and exhibits antiviral activity against HSV-1.

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41330/17:71041

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.10.001" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.10.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2016.10.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.sajb.2016.10.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cucurbitacin B interacts synergistically with antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates and exhibits antiviral activity against HSV-1.

Original language description

The search for biologically promising compounds from natural sources against microbial diseases remains an important theme in drug discovery to overcome problems with drug-resistant strains. In this study, Cucurbitacin B (Cuc B), an active constituent of Ecballium elaterium L., has been investigated in vitro for its synergy effect with antibiotics against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and anti-HSV-1 activity. Broth microdilution method was used to determine the antibacterial activity, while checkerboard assay was used to evaluate the synergy effect according to ?FIC indices. The anti-HSV-1 activity was determined by the plaque number reduction assay, while cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTT assay. In this study, Cuc B exerted direct growth-inhibitory activity against all S. aureus strains tested with MICs values ranging from 0.12 to 0.44 ?g/mL, as well as synergy effect with tetracycline or oxacillin against four of six S. aureus strains tested (?FIC ranging from 0.29 to 0.43). Cuc B showed remarkable anti-HSV-1 activity compared with that of acyclovir with IC50 values of 0.94 and 1.74 ?M, respectively and selectivity indices SI = 127.7 and SI N 132.2, respectively. This study presents Cuc B as a promising therapeutic agent in the development of anti-staphylococcal and anti-HSV-1 drugs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

South African Journal of Botany

ISSN

0254-6299

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

108

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JAN 2017

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

90-94

UT code for WoS article

000390671400009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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