First study on antimicriobial activity and synergy between isothiocyanates and antibiotics against selected Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria from clinical and animal source

Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-480

  Dias, Carla ^a,b   Aires, Alfredo ^b   Bennett, Richard N ^b   Rosa, Eduardo A S ^b   Saavedra, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antibiotic phytochemicals synergy; Drug screening; Isothiocyanates; Pathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ERUCIN; GENTAMICIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; SULFORAPHANE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84863679798     PISSN: 15734064     EISSN: 18756638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573406411208030474     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Casal, M.; Vaquero, M.; Rinder, H.; Tortoli, E.; Grosset, J.; Rusch-Gerdes, S.; Gutierrez, J.; Jarlier, V. A case-control study for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: risk factors in four european countries. Microb.Drug Resist., 2005, 11, 62-67. (Pubitemid 40365847)
2. Chambers, H.F. The changing epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus. Emerg. Infect. Dis., 2001, 7, 178-182.
3. Ahmad, I.; Beg, A. Z. J. Antimicrobial and phytochemical studies on 45 Indian medicinal plants against multi-drug resistant human pathogens. Ethnopharmacol., 2001, 74, 113-123. (Pubitemid 32141093)
4. Sato, M.; Tanaka, H.; Oh-Uchi, T.; Fukai, T.; Etoh, H.; Yamaguchi, R. Antibacterial activity of phytochemicals isolated from Erythrina zeyheri against vancomycin-resistant enterococci and their combinations with vancomycin. Phytother. Res., 2004, 18, 906-910. (Pubitemid 40052768)
5. Pintado, V.; Meseguer, M. A.; Fortún, J.; Cobo, J.; Navas, E.; Quereda, C.; Corral, I.; Moreno, S. Clinical study of 44 cases of Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., 2002, 21, 864-868. (Pubitemid 36160712)
6. Simões, M.; Bennett, R.N.; Rosa, E.A.S. Understanding antimicrobial activities of phytochemicals against multidrug resistant bacteria and biofilms. Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, 26, 746-757.
7. Dorman, H.J.D.; Deans, S.G. Antimicrobial agents from plants: antibacterial activity of plant volatile oils. J. Appl. Microbiol., 2000, 88, 308-316. (Pubitemid 30154434)
8. Dixon, R.A. Natural products and plant disease resistance. Nature, 2001, 411, 843-847. (Pubitemid 32588112)
9. Tegos, G.; Steinmetz, F.R.; Lomovskaya, O.; Lewis, K. Multidrug pump inhibitors uncover remarkable activity of plant antimicrobials. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 2002, 46, 3133-3141.
10. Grubb, D.C.; Abel, S. Glucosinolate metabolism and its control. Trends Plant. Sci., 2006, 11, 89-100. (Pubitemid 43238420)
11. Halkier, B.A.; Du, L. The biosynthesis of glucosinolates. Trends Plant. Sci., 1997, 2, 425-431. (Pubitemid 27451549)
12. Bones, A.M.; Rossiter, J.T. The enzymic and chemically induced decomposition of glucosinolates. Phytochem., 2006, 67, 10531067.
13. Fahey, J.W.; Zhang, Y.; Talalay, P. The chemical diversity and distribution of glucosinolates and isothiocyanates among plants. PNAS, 1997, 94, 10367-10372.
14. Yan, X.; Chen, S. Regulation of plant glucosinolate metabolism. Planta, 2007, 226, 1343-1352. (Pubitemid 47573292)
15. O'Callaghan, K.J.; Stone, P.J.; Hu, X.; Griffiths, D.W.; Davey, M.R.; Cocking, C. Effects of glucosinolates and flavonoids on colonization of the roost of Brassica napus byAzorhizobium caulinodans ORS571. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2000, 66, 2185-2191. (Pubitemid 30253749)
16. Tang, C.S. Benzyl isothiocyanate as a naturally occurring papain inhibitor. J. Food Sci., 1974, 39, 94-96.
17. Saavedra, M. J.; Borges, A.; Dias, C.; Aires, A.; Bennett, R. N.; Rosa, E. S.; Simões, M. Antimicrobial activity of phenolics and glucosinolate hydrolysis products and their synergy with streptomycin against pathogenic bacteria. Med. Chem., 2010, 6, 174-183.
18. Bauer, A.W.; Kirby, M.D.K.; Sherria, J.C.; Turck, M. Antibiotic susceptibility testing by standard single disc diffusion method. Am. J. Clin. Pathol., 1966, 45, 493-496.
19. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing; 15th informational supplement (M100-S17). Clinical and LaboratoryStandards Institute: Wayne, PA. 2007.
20. Aires, A.; Mota, V.R.; Saavedra, M.J.; Monteiro, A.A.; Simões, M.; Rosa, E.; Bennett, R. Initial in vitro evaluations of the antibacterial activities of glucosinolate enzymatic hydrolysis products against plant pathogenic bacteria. J. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 106, 2096-2105.
21. Aires, A.; Saavedra, M.J.; Rosa, E.; Bennett, R. The antimicrobial effects of glucosinolates and their respective enzymatic hydrolysis products on bacteria isolated from the human intestinal tract. J. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 106, 2086-2095.
22. Ahmad, I.; Aqil, F. In vitro efficacy of bioactive extracts of 15 medicinal plants against ESbL-producing multidrug-resistant enteric bacteria. Microbiol. Res., 2007, 162, 264-275. (Pubitemid 46977664)
23. Champney, W.S. Bacterial ribosomal subunit synthesis: a novel antibiotic target. Curr. Drug Targets Infect. Disord., 2001, 1, 1936.
24. Moulds, R.; Jeyasingham, M. Gentamicin: a great way to start". Aust. Prescriber, 2010, 33, 134-135.
25. Manici, L.; Lazzeri, L.; Palmieri, S. In vitro fungi-toxic activity of some glucosinolates and their enzyme-derived products toward plant pathogenic fungi. J. Agric. Food Chem., 1997, 45, 2768-2773. (Pubitemid 127477018)
26. Sarwar, M.; Kierkegaard, J.A. Biofumigation potential of brassicas. II. Effect of environment and ontogeny on glucosinolate production and implications for screening. Plant. Soil, 1998, 201, 91-101. (Pubitemid 28286571)
27. Suhr, K.I.; Nielsen, P.V. Antifungal activity of essential oils evaluated by two different application techniques against rye bread spoilage fungi. J. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 94, 665-674. (Pubitemid 36459555)
28. Simões, M.; Rocha, S.; Coimbra, M.A.; Vieira, M.J. Enhancement of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic susceptibility using sesquiterpenoids. Med. Chem., 2008, 4, 616-623.
29. Smith, E.C.J.; Williamson, E.M.; Kaatz, G.W.; Gibbons, S. Antibacterials and modulators from immature cones of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. Phytochem., 2007, 68, 210-217. (Pubitemid 46043330)