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The antibacterial activity of phytochemically characterised fractions from Folium Syringae
Zhengyuan Zhou1, Na Han, Zhihui Liu
1a Department of Pharmacognosy and Utilization Key Laboratory of Northeast Plant Materials , School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016 , P.R. China.
Abstract:
To identify the most active antimicrobial fraction of Folium Syringae, four common pathogens were used in an in vitro screening. The results indicated that the combination of the 30% and 60% ethanol fraction (FSC) obtained from the water extraction was the most active fraction with a minimal inhibitory concentration of 0.65 mg mL(-1). FSC was also found to be able to protect mice from a lethal infection of Staphylococcus aureus at clinical dosage (0.2 g kg(-1)) with a survival rate of 83.3%. The antibacterial activity of FSC was then tested using the serum pharmacology method which revealed that FSC exhibits a more long-lasting activity than the positive control (levofloxacin hydrochloride). The main components were confirmed to be iridoid glycosides and flavones by HPLC-MS analysis.
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