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Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L
In the last times, focus on plant research has increased all over the world. Euphorbia tirucalli L., a plant known popularly as Aveloz, and originally used in Africa, has been drawing attention for its use in the United States and Latin America, both for use as an ornamental plant and as a medicinal...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763040 |
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author | de Oliveira, Luís Flávio Souza Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello Klein, Fernanda da Silva Machado, Michel Mansur |
author_facet | de Oliveira, Luís Flávio Souza Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello Klein, Fernanda da Silva Machado, Michel Mansur |
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description | In the last times, focus on plant research has increased all over the world. Euphorbia tirucalli L., a plant known popularly as Aveloz, and originally used in Africa, has been drawing attention for its use in the United States and Latin America, both for use as an ornamental plant and as a medicinal plant. E. tirucalli L. is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae and contains many diterpenoids and triterpenoids, in particular phorbol esters, apparently the main constituent of this plant, which are assumed to be responsible for their activities in vivo and in vitro. The in vitro antifungal activities of Euphorbia tirucalli (L.) against opportunistic yeasts were studied using microbroth dilution assay. The results showed that aqueous extract and latex preparation were effective against ten clinical strains of Cryptococcus neoformans in vitro (Latex and extract MIC range of 3.2 – > 411 μg/mL). Aiming the safe use in humans, the genotoxic effects of E. tirucalli were evaluated in human leukocytes cells. Our data show that both aqueous extract and latex preparation have no genotoxic effect in human leukocytes cells in vitro. Although the results cannot be extrapolated by itself for use in vivo, they suggest a good perspective for a therapeutic application in future. In conclusion, our results show that the aqueous extract and latex preparation from E. tirucalli L. are antifungal agents effectives against several strains of C. neoformans and do not provoke DNA damage in human leukocyte cells, considering the concentrations tested. |
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spelling | pubmed-43233092015-04-04 Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L de Oliveira, Luís Flávio Souza Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello Klein, Fernanda da Silva Machado, Michel Mansur Braz J Microbiol Medical Microbiology In the last times, focus on plant research has increased all over the world. Euphorbia tirucalli L., a plant known popularly as Aveloz, and originally used in Africa, has been drawing attention for its use in the United States and Latin America, both for use as an ornamental plant and as a medicinal plant. E. tirucalli L. is a member of the family Euphorbiaceae and contains many diterpenoids and triterpenoids, in particular phorbol esters, apparently the main constituent of this plant, which are assumed to be responsible for their activities in vivo and in vitro. The in vitro antifungal activities of Euphorbia tirucalli (L.) against opportunistic yeasts were studied using microbroth dilution assay. The results showed that aqueous extract and latex preparation were effective against ten clinical strains of Cryptococcus neoformans in vitro (Latex and extract MIC range of 3.2 – > 411 μg/mL). Aiming the safe use in humans, the genotoxic effects of E. tirucalli were evaluated in human leukocytes cells. Our data show that both aqueous extract and latex preparation have no genotoxic effect in human leukocytes cells in vitro. Although the results cannot be extrapolated by itself for use in vivo, they suggest a good perspective for a therapeutic application in future. In conclusion, our results show that the aqueous extract and latex preparation from E. tirucalli L. are antifungal agents effectives against several strains of C. neoformans and do not provoke DNA damage in human leukocyte cells, considering the concentrations tested. Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4323309/ /pubmed/25763040 Text en Copyright © 2014, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia All the content of the journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC. |
spellingShingle | Medical Microbiology de Oliveira, Luís Flávio Souza Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello Klein, Fernanda da Silva Machado, Michel Mansur Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title | Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title_full | Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title_fullStr | Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title_full_unstemmed | Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title_short | Antifungal activity against Cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of Euphorbia tirucalli L |
title_sort | antifungal activity against cryptococcus neoformans strains and genotoxicity assessment in human leukocyte cells of euphorbia tirucalli l |
topic | Medical Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763040 |
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