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Antimicrobial Activity and Phytochemical Screening of Buchenavia tetraphylla (Aubl.) R. A. Howard (Combretaceae: Combretoideae)

2012; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2012; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1100/2012/849302

2356-6140

Ygor Lucena Cabral de Oliveira, Luís Cláudio Nascimento da Silva, Alexandre Gomes da Silva, Alexandre José Macêdo, Janete Magalí de Araújo, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia, Márcia Vanusa da Silva,

Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

This study evaluated the antimicrobial and hemolytic activities and phytochemical constituents of hydroalcoholic extract and its fractions from Buchenavia tetraphylla leaves. Cyclohexane (BTCF), ethyl acetate (BTEF), and n-butanol-soluble (BTSBF) and non-soluble (BTNBF) fractions were obtained from a liquid-liquid partition of hydroalcoholic extract (BTHE) from B. tetraphylla leaves. The hemolytic activity of active fractions was checked. The BTHE inhibited the growth of Micrococcus luteus (MIC: 0.10 mg/mL), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MIC: 0.20 mg/mL), Mycobacterium smegmatis (MIC: 0.39 mg/mL), Proteus vulgaris, and Staphylococcus aureus (MIC: 0.78 mg/mL for both). The more active fractions were BTCF and BTBSF. BTCF showed better potential to inhibit M. luteus (0.10 mg/mL), P. aeruginosa (0.20 mg/mL), S. enteritidis (0.39 mg/mL), and S. aureus (1.56 mg/mL). BTBSF showed the best results for M. luteus (0.10 mg/mL), M. smegmatis , B. subtilis (0.39 mg/mL for both), and P. vulgaris (0.10 mg/mL). The HC50 were greater than observed MIC: 20.30, 4.70 and 2.53 mg/mL, respectively, to BTBF, BTHE and BTCF, which. The phytochemical analysis detected the presence of flavanoids, triterpene, carbohydrate, and tannin. Our work showed for the first time the broad-spread antimicrobial activity of B. tetraphylla , which has nonhemolytic action, creating a new perspective on the interesting association of traditional and scientific knowledge.