Growth-inhibiting activity of anthraquinones and benzoquinones against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Dokkyo Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Liu, Ming ^a   Koya, Sakuji ^b   Furuta, Hiroaki ^a   Matsuzaki, Shigeru ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Laboratory of Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

anthraquinone; antibacterial activity; benzoquinone; MRSA; phytochemical

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ALIZARIN; ALLOXAN; ALOE EMODIN; ANTHRAFLAVIC ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CHLORANIL; CHLORANILIC ACID; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; CURCUMIN; DANTRON; DUROQUINONE; EMODIN; EUGENOL; PYROGALLOL; QUINALIZARIN; QUINIZARIN; RHEIN; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029937316     PISSN: 03855023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Tonin, E. and Tomasz, A.: β-Lactam-specific resistant mutants of Staphylococcus aureus, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 30, 577-583, 1986
2. Maple, P.A.C., Hamilton-Miller, J.M.T. and Brumfitt; W.: World-wide antibiotic-resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Lancet, i, 537-540, 1989
3. Inoue, K., Mitsuhashi, A. and Mitsuhashi, S.: Antibacterial activities of vancomycin, teicoplanin, daptomycin, and RP 59500, a new streptogramin antibiotics, against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Chemotherapy, 40, 1185-1187, 1992
4. Suzuki, T., Fujita, K. and Nagamachi, Y.: Emergence of arbekacin resistant strains among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Jpn. J. Antibiot., 47, 47-49, 1994
5. Nagata, H., Higashiyama, I., Kondoh, R. and Komatsu, Y.: In vitro antibacterial activity of vancomycin, Chemotherapy, 40, 581-591, 1992 (in Japanese)
6. Neu, H.C.: The crisis in antibiotic resistance, Science, 257, 1064-1073, 1992
7. Kersten, W.: Inhibition of RNA synthesis by quinone antibiotics, Prog. Mol. Subvell. Biol., 2, 48-57, 1971
8. Rich, S.: Chapter 10, Quinones, in "Fungicides, An Advanced Treatise," ed. by Torgeson, D.C., Academic Press, New York, pp. 447-475, 1969
9. Marcinkeviciene, J.A. and Blanchard, J.S.: Quinone reductase reaction catalyzed by Streptococcus faecalis NADH peroxidase, Biochemistry, 34, 6621-6627, 1995
10. Igarashi, M., Sasao, C., Yoshida, A., Naganawa, H., Hamada, M. and Takeuchi, T.: Ochracenomicins A, B and C, new benz[a]anthraquinone antibiotics from Amicolatopsis sp., J. Antibiot., 48, 335-337, 1995
11. Powis, G.: Metabolism and reaction of quinoid anticancer agents, Pharmacol. Ther., 35, 57-162, 1987
12. Muroi, H. and Kubo, I.: Bactericidal effects of anacardic acid and totarol on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 58, 1925-1926, 1994
13. Kubo, I., Muroi, H., Kubo, A., Chaudhuri, S.K., Sanchez, Y. and Ogura, T.: Antimicrobial agents from Heterotheca inuloides, Planta Med., 60, 218-221, 1994
14. Iinuma, M., Tsuchiya, H., Sato, M., Yokoyama, J., Ohyama, M., Ohkawa, Y., Tanaka, T., Fujiwara, S. and Fujii, T.: Flavanones with potent antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 46, 892-895, 1994
15. Liu, M. and Matsuzaki, S.: Antibacterial activity of flavonoids against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dokkyo J. Med. Sci., 22, 253-261, 1995
16. Liu, M., Ohuchi, T., Ieiri, T., Ohe, M. and Matsuzaki, S.: Shikonin has potent antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Dokkyo J. Med. Sci., 23, 63-69, 1996
17. Huang, K.C.: The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, USA, 1993
18. Anderson, D.O., Weber, N.D., Wood, S.G., Hughes, B.G., Murray, B.K. and North, J.A.: In vitro virucidal activity of selected anthraquinones and anthraquinone derivatives, Antiviral Res., 16, 185-196, 1991
19. Barnard, D.L., Huffman, J.H., Morris, J.L.B., Wood, S.G., Hughes, B.G. and Sidwell, R.W.: Evaluation of the antiviral activity of anthraquinones, anthrons and anthraquinone derivatives against human cytomegalovirus, Antiviral Res., 17, 63-77, 1992
20. Beckman, J.S. and Siedow, J.: Bactericidal agents generated by the peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of para-hydroquinone, J. Biol. Chem., 260, 14604-14609, 1985