antimicrobial activities of the methanol extract, fractions and compounds from ficus polita vahl. (moraceae)甲醇提取物的抗菌活动,分数和化合物从榕树polita vahl。.pdfVIP

Kuete et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011, 11:6 /1472-6882/11/6 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Antimicrobial activities of the methanol extract, fractions and compounds from Ficus polita Vahl. (Moraceae) 1* 2 2 3 2 Victor Kuete , Justin Kamga , Louis P Sandjo , Bathelemy Ngameni , Herve MP Poumale , Pantaleon Ambassa2, Bonaventure T Ngadjui2,3 Abstract Background: Many plants of the family Moraceae are used in the treatment of infectious diseases. Ficus polita Vahl., an edible plant belonging to this family is used traditionally in case of dyspepsia, infectious diseases, abdominal pains and diarrhea. The present work was designed to assess the antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract from the roots of F. polita (FPR), as well as that of its fractions (FPR1-5) and two of the eight isolated compounds, namely euphol-3-O-cinnamate (1) and (E)-3,5,4’-trihydroxy-stilbene-3,5-O-b -D-diglucopyranoside (8). Methods: The liquid microdilution assay was used in the determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimal microbicidal concentration (MMC), against seven bacterial and one fungal species. Results: The results of the MIC determination showed that the crude extract, fractions FPR1, FPR2 and compound 8 were able to prevent the growth of the eight tested microorganisms. Other samples showed selective activity. The lowest MIC value of 64 μg/ml for the crude extract was recorded on 50% of the studied microbial species. The corresponding value for fractions of 32 μg/ml was obtained on Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans ATCC strains. The MIC values recorded with compound 8 on the resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 strain was equal to that of chloramphenic