Antimicrobial activities of 1,4-Benzoquinones and wheat germ extract

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1204-1209

  Kim, Myung Hee ^a   Jo, Sung Hoon ^a   Ha, Kyoung Soo ^a   Song, Ji Hye ^a   Jang, Hae Dong ^a   Kwon, Young In ^a  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Benzoquinone; Foodborne pathogens; MIC; Wheat germ

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 1,4 BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 2,6 DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; HYDROQUINONE; METHOXYBENZOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH KOREA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BENZOQUINONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRITICUM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77957060524     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1004.04037     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bauer, A. W., W. M. Kirby, J. C. Sherris, and M. Turck. 1966. Antibiotic susceptibility testing by a standardized single disk method. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 45: 493-496.
2. Babich, H. and A. Stern. 1993. In-vitro cytotoxicities of 1,4- naphthoquinone and hydroxylated 1,4-naphthoquinones to replicating cells. J. Appl. Toxicol. 13: 353-358.
3. Christoph, M. S., P. Klaus, W. Annette, S. Erwin, and J. C. Simon. 1999. Antibacterial activity of hyperforin from St. John's wort, against multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus and Grampositive bacteria. Lancet 353: 2129-2131.
4. Djipa, C., M. Delmee, and J. Quetin. 2000. Antimicrobial activity of bark extracts of Syzygium jambos. J. Ethnopharmacol. 71: 307-313.
5. Drewes, S. E., F. Khan, S. F. V. Vuuren, and A. M. Viljoen. 2005. Simple 1,4-benzoquinones with antibacterial activity from stems and leaves of Gunnera perpensa. Phytochemistry 66: 1812-1816.
6. Gant, T. W., D. N. R. Rao, R. P. Mason, and G. M. Cohen. 1988. Redox cycling and sulfhydryl arylation; their relative importance in the mechanism of quinone cytotoxicity to isolated hepatocytes. Chem. Biol. Interact. 65: 157-173.
7. Iandolo, J. J. 1989. Genetic analysis of extracellular toxins of Staphylococcus aureus. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 43: 375-402.
8. Kersten, W. 1971. Inhibition of RNA synthesis by quinine antibiotics. Prog. Mol. Subcell. Biol. 2: 48-57.
9. Kloos, W. E. and T. L. Bannerman. 1999. Staphylococcus and Micrococcus, pp. 264-282. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, M. A. Pfaller, F. C. Tenover, and R. H. Yolken (eds.). Manual of Clinical Microbiology. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
10. Koyama, J. 2006. Anti-infective quinone derivatives of recent patents. Recent Patents on Anti-Infect. Drug Discov. 1: 113-125.
11. Kubo, I. and K. Fujita. 2001. Naturally occurring anti-Salmonella agents. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49: 5750-5754.
12. Laatsch, H. 1994. Conocurvone prototype of a new class of anti-HIV active compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 33: 422-424.
13. Lana, E. J. L., F. Carazza, and J. A. Takahashi. 2006. Antibacterial evaluation of 1,4-benzoquinone derivatives. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54: 2053-2056.
14. Lechner, D., M. Stavri, M. Oluwatuyi, R. Pereda-Miranda, and S. Gibbons. 2004. The anti-staphylococcal activity of Angelica dahurica (Bai Zhi). Phytochemistry 64: 331-335.
15. Lin, Y. T., Y. I. Kwon, R. G. Labbe, and K. Shetty. 2005. Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori and associated urease by oregano and cranberry phytochemical synergies. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 8558-8564.
16. Meganathan, R. 2001. Biosynthesis of menaquinone (vitamin K2) and ubiquinone (coenzyme Q): A perspective on enzymatic mechanisms. Vitam. Horm. 61: 173-218.
17. Monks, T. J., R. P. Hanzlik, G. M. Cohen, D. Ross, and D. G. Graham. 1992. Quinone chemistry and toxicity. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 112: 2-16.
18. Morel, C., F. R. Stermitz, G. Tegos, and K. Lewis. 2003. Isoflavones as potentiators of antibacterial activity. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51: 5677-5679.
19. Muhammad, I., S. Takamatsu, L. A. Walker, J. S. Mossa, H. H. S. Fong, and F. S. El-Feraly. 2003. Cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of alkylated benzoquinones from Maesa lanceolata. Phytother. Res. 17: 887-891.
20. Nohl, H., W. Jordan, and R. I. Youngman. 1986. Quinones in biology: Functions in electron transfer and oxygen activation. Adv. Free Rad. Biol. Med. 2: 211-279.
21. Pardee, A. B., Y. Z. Li, and C. J. Li. 2002. Cancer therapy with beta-lapachone. Cancer Drug Targets 2: 227-242.
22. Pethig, R., P. R. C. Gascoyne, J. A. McLaughlin, and A. Szent- Gyorgyi. 1983. Ascorbate-quinone interactions: Electrochemical, free radical, and cytotoxic properties. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80: 129-132.
23. Pethig, R., P. R. C. Gascoyne, J. A. McLaughlin, and A. Szent- Gyorgyi. 1985. Enzyme-controlled scavenging of ascorbyl and 2,6-dimethoxysemiquinone free radicals in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82:1439-1442.
24. Powers, K. A., M. S. Terpenning, R. A. Voice, and C. A. Kauffman. 1990. Prosthetic joint infections in the elderly. Am. J. Med. 88: 9-13.
25. Qabaja, G., E. M. Perchellet, J. P. Perchellet, and G. B. Jones. 2000. Regioselective lactonization of naphthoquinones: Synthesis and antitumoral activity of the WS-5995 antibiotics. Tetrahedron Lett. 41: 3007-3010.
26. Seung, S. A., J. Y. Lee, M. Y. Lee, J. S. Park, and J. H. Chung. 1998. The relative importance of oxidative stress versus arylation in the mechanism of quinone-induced cytotoxicity to platelets. Chem. Biol. Interact. 113: 133-144.
27. Shetty, K. and Y. T. Lin. 2005. Phenolic antimicrobials from plants for control of bacterial pathogens, pp. 1481-1505. In K. Shetty, G. Paliyath, A. L. Pometto, and R. E. Levin (eds.). Food Biotechnology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
28. Tegos, G., F. R. Stermitz, O. Lomovskaya, and K. Lewis. 2002. Multidrug pump inhibitors uncover remarkable activity of plant antimicrobials. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 46: 3133-3141.
29. Tomoskozi-Farkas, R. and H. G. Daood. 2004. Modification of chromatographic method for the determination of benzoquinones in cereal products. Chromatogr. Suppl. 60: 227-230.