Antibacterial activity of fractions from three Chumash medicinal plant extracts and in vitro inhibition of the enzyme enoyl reductase by the flavonoid jaceosidin

Authors

Brittany J. Allison, Pepperdine UniversityFollow
Mark C. Allenby
Shane S. Bryant
P. Matthew Joyner, Pepperdine UniversityFollow

Department(s)

Natural Science

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

We have investigated the in vitro antibacterial bioactivity of dichloromethane-soluble fractions of Artemisia californica, Trichostema lanatum, Salvia apiana, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea and Quercus agrifolia Née against a ΔtolC mutant strain of E. coli. These plants are traditional medicinal plants of the Chumash Native Americans of Southern California. Bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of three flavonoid compounds from A. californica: jaceosidin (1), jaceidin (2), and chrysoplenol B (3). Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited anti-bacterial activity against E. coli ΔtolC in liquid cultures. The in vitro activity of 1 against the enoyl reductase enzyme (FabI) was measured using a spectrophotometric assay and found to completely inhibit FabI activity at a concentration of 100 μM. However, comparison of MIC values for 1-3 against E. coli ΔtolC and an equivalent strain containing a plasmid constitutively expressing fabI did not reveal any selectivity for FabI in vivo.

DOI

10.1080/14786419.2016.1217201

PubMed ID

27482826

Recommended Citation

Allison, Brittany J.; Allenby, Mark C.; Bryant, Shane S.; and Joyner, P. Matthew, "Antibacterial activity of fractions from three Chumash medicinal plant extracts and in vitro inhibition of the enzyme enoyl reductase by the flavonoid jaceosidin" (2017). Pepperdine University, All Faculty Open Access Publications. Paper 180.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/faculty_pubs/180