In the search for novel antibacterial agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria, an alkaloid extract obtained from whole plants of Crinum angustum Steud., containing six different groups of alkaloids, was analysed by using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and its in vitro activity against American Type Culture Collection bacterial strains and clinical isolates was evaluated. The antimicrobial activity of the extract was tested against nine standard strains of microorganisms and two drugresistant clinical isolates, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and carbapenemase- producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. The extract exhibited a significant activity against six of the examined strains of microorganisms. Antibacterial activity was more pronounced on Gram-positive bacteria than on Gram-negative bacteria, and IC50 values ranged from 156 to 625 mg/mL. Mycostatic activity against Candida albicans was also found, with an IC50 of 78 mg/mL after 48 h of incubation . Promising results were also obtained from tests carried out on both clinical isolates investigated.

Carmelina Iannello, Jaume Bastida, Francesca Bonvicini, Fabiana Antognoni, Giovanna Angela Gentilomi, Ferruccio Poli (2014). Chemical composition, and in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of an alkaloid extract from Crinum angustum Steud. NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH, 28(10), 704-710 [10.1080/14786419.2013.877903].

Chemical composition, and in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of an alkaloid extract from Crinum angustum Steud.

BONVICINI, FRANCESCA;ANTOGNONI, FABIANA;GENTILOMI, GIOVANNA ANGELA;POLI, FERRUCCIO
2014

Abstract

In the search for novel antibacterial agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria, an alkaloid extract obtained from whole plants of Crinum angustum Steud., containing six different groups of alkaloids, was analysed by using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and its in vitro activity against American Type Culture Collection bacterial strains and clinical isolates was evaluated. The antimicrobial activity of the extract was tested against nine standard strains of microorganisms and two drugresistant clinical isolates, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and carbapenemase- producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. The extract exhibited a significant activity against six of the examined strains of microorganisms. Antibacterial activity was more pronounced on Gram-positive bacteria than on Gram-negative bacteria, and IC50 values ranged from 156 to 625 mg/mL. Mycostatic activity against Candida albicans was also found, with an IC50 of 78 mg/mL after 48 h of incubation . Promising results were also obtained from tests carried out on both clinical isolates investigated.
2014
Carmelina Iannello, Jaume Bastida, Francesca Bonvicini, Fabiana Antognoni, Giovanna Angela Gentilomi, Ferruccio Poli (2014). Chemical composition, and in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity of an alkaloid extract from Crinum angustum Steud. NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH, 28(10), 704-710 [10.1080/14786419.2013.877903].
Carmelina Iannello; Jaume Bastida; Francesca Bonvicini; Fabiana Antognoni; Giovanna Angela Gentilomi; Ferruccio Poli
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