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Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion

The purpose of this study was to assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of alkaloid-enriched extracts from Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) pods in order to evaluate them as feed additives for ruminants. As only the basic chloroformic extract (BCE), whose main constituents were juliprosopine (julif...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Edilene T., Pereira, Mara Lúcia A., da Silva, Camilla Flávia P.G., Souza-Neta, Lourdes C., Geris, Regina, Martins, Dirceu, Santana, Antônio Euzébio G., Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio A., Silva, Herymá Giovane O., Freitas, Giovana C., Figueiredo, Mauro P., de Oliveira, Fernando F., Batista, Ronan
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23595000
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14048496
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author dos Santos, Edilene T.
Pereira, Mara Lúcia A.
da Silva, Camilla Flávia P.G.
Souza-Neta, Lourdes C.
Geris, Regina
Martins, Dirceu
Santana, Antônio Euzébio G.
Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio A.
Silva, Herymá Giovane O.
Freitas, Giovana C.
Figueiredo, Mauro P.
de Oliveira, Fernando F.
Batista, Ronan
author_facet dos Santos, Edilene T.
Pereira, Mara Lúcia A.
da Silva, Camilla Flávia P.G.
Souza-Neta, Lourdes C.
Geris, Regina
Martins, Dirceu
Santana, Antônio Euzébio G.
Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio A.
Silva, Herymá Giovane O.
Freitas, Giovana C.
Figueiredo, Mauro P.
de Oliveira, Fernando F.
Batista, Ronan
author_sort dos Santos, Edilene T.
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description The purpose of this study was to assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of alkaloid-enriched extracts from Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) pods in order to evaluate them as feed additives for ruminants. As only the basic chloroformic extract (BCE), whose main constituents were juliprosopine (juliflorine), prosoflorine and juliprosine, showed Gram-positive antibacterial activity against Micrococcus luteus (MIC = 25 μg/mL), Staphylococcus aureus (MIC = 50 μg/mL) and Streptococcus mutans (MIC = 50 μg/mL), its influence on ruminal digestion was evaluated using a semi-automated in vitro gas production technique, with monensin as the positive control. Results showed that BCE has decreased gas production as efficiently as monensin after 36 h of fermentation, revealing its positive influence on gas production during ruminal digestion. Since P. juliflora is a very affordable plant, this study points out this alkaloid enriched extract from the pods of Prosopis juliflora as a potential feed additive to decrease gas production during ruminal digestion.
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spelling pubmed-36457582013-05-13 Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion dos Santos, Edilene T. Pereira, Mara Lúcia A. da Silva, Camilla Flávia P.G. Souza-Neta, Lourdes C. Geris, Regina Martins, Dirceu Santana, Antônio Euzébio G. Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio A. Silva, Herymá Giovane O. Freitas, Giovana C. Figueiredo, Mauro P. de Oliveira, Fernando F. Batista, Ronan Int J Mol Sci Article The purpose of this study was to assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of alkaloid-enriched extracts from Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) pods in order to evaluate them as feed additives for ruminants. As only the basic chloroformic extract (BCE), whose main constituents were juliprosopine (juliflorine), prosoflorine and juliprosine, showed Gram-positive antibacterial activity against Micrococcus luteus (MIC = 25 μg/mL), Staphylococcus aureus (MIC = 50 μg/mL) and Streptococcus mutans (MIC = 50 μg/mL), its influence on ruminal digestion was evaluated using a semi-automated in vitro gas production technique, with monensin as the positive control. Results showed that BCE has decreased gas production as efficiently as monensin after 36 h of fermentation, revealing its positive influence on gas production during ruminal digestion. Since P. juliflora is a very affordable plant, this study points out this alkaloid enriched extract from the pods of Prosopis juliflora as a potential feed additive to decrease gas production during ruminal digestion. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3645758/ /pubmed/23595000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14048496 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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dos Santos, Edilene T.
Pereira, Mara Lúcia A.
da Silva, Camilla Flávia P.G.
Souza-Neta, Lourdes C.
Geris, Regina
Martins, Dirceu
Santana, Antônio Euzébio G.
Barbosa, Luiz Cláudio A.
Silva, Herymá Giovane O.
Freitas, Giovana C.
Figueiredo, Mauro P.
de Oliveira, Fernando F.
Batista, Ronan
Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title_full Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title_fullStr Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title_full_unstemmed Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title_short Antibacterial Activity of the Alkaloid-Enriched Extract from Prosopis juliflora Pods and Its Influence on in Vitro Ruminal Digestion
title_sort antibacterial activity of the alkaloid-enriched extract from prosopis juliflora pods and its influence on in vitro ruminal digestion
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23595000
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms14048496
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