In vitro antibacterial activity of dried extract from Anredera vesicaria rhizomes

doi:10.15406/apar.2018.08.00320

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In vitro antibacterial activity of dried extract from Anredera vesicaria rhizomes

Eugenio Torres Rodr guez,¹

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Mayren de la Cruz Fr as,² Mija l Bulla n Galardis,³ Jos ngel Morales Le n⁴

¹Center of Studies for Applied Chemistry, University of Granma, Cuba
²Department of Biology-geography, University of Granma, Cuba
³Centerof Studies for Vegetable Biotechnology, University of Granma, Cuba
⁴Center of Studies for Applied Chemistry, University of Granma, Cuba

Correspondence: Eugenio Torres Rodríguez, Center of Studies for Applied Chemistry, University of Granma, Cuba,Peralejo Km 17½ carretraBayamo-manzanillo, Bayamo, Granma,Cuba, Tel 5323531166

Received: November 14, 2017 | Published: May 10, 2018

Citation: Rodríguez ET, Frías MC, Galardis MB, et ,.al. In vitro antibacterial activity of dried extract from Anredera vesicaria rhizomes. Adv Plants Agric Res. 2018;8(3):237-239. DOI: 10.15406/apar.2018.08.00320

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Abstract

Anredera vesicaria is known by the common name of “yucahiedra”. The ethanolic maceration of their rhizomes is used as anti-inflammatory in traditional medicine and contains mucilages, saponins, phenolic compounds and flavonoids. There are no reports of possible antibacterial activity. To evaluate the antibacterial activity in vitro of the ethanolic extract from A. vesicaria rhizomes, plant rhizomes were collected and disinfected, dried and pulverized. The biomass was treated with 70% ethanol under ultrasound. The extract obtained was concentrated to dryness and subjected to an in vitro antibacterial study by the Bauer-Kirby and broth micro-dilution methods.
The ethanolic extract of A. vesicaria rhizomes showed antibacterial activity in vitro against P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, S. typhimurium and E. coli. In all cases inhibition halos were obtained above 9mm. The best results were obtained against S. typhimurium and S. aureus with minimal inhibitory concentrations of 46.87 and 46.93μg/mL respectively.

Keywords: anredera vesicaria, ultrasound assisted extraction, phenolic compounds, antibacterial test

Abbreviations

ATCC, americantypeculturecollection; DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; ID, diameter of the inhibition

Introduction

After the pharmaceutical industry was devoted exclusively to the manufacture of synthetic drugs leaving behind the old medicines based on plant extracts, today there is a qualitative change in the industrial programs dedicated to the search for new medicines of herbal origin.¹Plants are one of the largest reservoirs of medicinal wealth in nature and the benefits to health, as well as their economic value have motivated a growing attention in recent decades. Anredera vesicaria, known by the common name yucahiedra is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Basellaceae family. The maceration in ethanol of its rhizomes is used in eastern Cuba for the treatment of wounds, blows, fractures and bruises.² Polyphenols are related to the anti microbial and antioxidant activities of many plants,^3–5 and the rhizomes of A. vesicaria have a high content of phenolic compounds and flavonoids,⁶ however, no reports of the antibacterial activity of this plant have been observed. In this work we describe a preliminary study of the antibacterial activity of the ethanolic extracts obtained from rhizomes of A. vesicaria.

Materials and methods

The plant material was collected on June 18, 2017 in Palmas Altas, community belonging to the municipality of Manzanillo, Granma province, Cuba (20° 19'54.588 "N -77° 4'19.128" E) at 8:10 a.m., at a temperature of 31.4 °C with a relative humidity of 73%. The experimental work was developed in the Natural Products Laboratory of the Center for Applied Chemistry Studies of the University of Granma. A sample of rhizomes of A. vesicaria was dried for a week in the shade on perforated cardboard sheets, stirring the material twice a day; this action was completed in a stove with air circulation at 40°C for 4h.⁷ It was then pulverized until obtaining a particle size of 0.5mm in diameter, and it was subjected to an ultrasound extraction process using 70% ethanol as Solvent.⁸ The extract obtained was concentrated in a rotary evaporator. The Phytochemical analysis of extractswas carried out by using following standard methods.^9–11The reagents and solvents used were of "pure" or "analytical" quality from Merck. The antibacterial activity of the extract was evaluated by the method of diffusion method in agar by Bauer-Kirby¹² surface disc dissemination and by the method of micro dilution in broth¹³against a battery composed of strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (wild), Staphylococcus aureus (wild), Escherichia coli (wild) and Salmonella typhimurium (ATCC 14028). 4 treatments were applied with 3 replications in each applied method, using as a negative control dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) that also served as solvent for the dry extract, and as a positive control disks of the commercial antibiotic chloramphenicol of 30μg/disc (Sensi-DiscTM, France).¹⁴ The variables measured were:

Diameter of the inhibition halo (ID) (mm) whose results were expressed as the average diameter of the inhibition halos in each treatment; and
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), which was expressed as the minimum concentration of the extract that completely inhibited bacterial growth in each treatment with the naked eye in a range of concentration of the extract between 2-1500g/mL.

Results and discussion

Considering that the population uses the ethanolic extract of rhizomes of A. Vesicaria (Figure 1) for medicinal purposes, an extract was obtained in 70% ethanol that was treated until obtaining a dry extract which was preserved for the microbiological study.

Figure 1 Foliage and rhizomes from A. vesicaria.

Phytochemical analysis

A phytochemical analysis was performed from the ethanolic extract;^9–11 the results are shown in Table 1 The chemical composition of the ethanolic extract of rhizomes, matches with those reported by de la Cruz et al.⁶ The presence of alkaloids and abundance of phenols and flavonoids give the plant antibacterial potential activity.¹⁵ These results agree with those reported for other species fromanrederagenus.^16,17

Anti bacterial activity in vitro

Four bacterial strains of pathogenic and investigative interest were evaluated. The results obtained are shown in Table 2.

Minimum inhibitory concentration

Table 3 shows the MIC values obtained in the evaluation of the dry extract of the rhizomes of A. Vesicaria against a gram-positivestrain (S. aureus) and 3gram-negativestrains (E. coli, P. aeruginosa and S. typhimurium).

The zone of inhibition in the experiment was conceived as the area formed around the antibiotic discs, here bacterial growth was completely in hibited (Figure 1). The result of eachtrial (Table 1) was reported as a halo of inhibition. The ethanolic extract of rhizomes showed anti bacterial action against Gram-positive and Gram-negativestrains. In all cases, halos of inhibition greater than 9mm were observed, highlighting the effect against S. aureus and P. Aeruginosa with halos of inhibition of 15 and 18 mm respectively. These results are encouraging because it is not common to observe halos of inhibitions opronounced in plant extracts.^18,19 The MIC values for S. aureus and S. Triphymurium were very close to each other, however, in the E. Coli test a higher concentration of the extract (187.5) was needed to inhibit bacterial growth (Table 3). This could be due to the factthatE. coliis a gram-negative bacterium whose cell wall has two membranes in the form of lipoprotein matrices with intermediate inclusions of peptidoglycans that can hinder the diffusion of certain molecules.²⁰ A highly acylated lipopolysaccharide located in the external leaf let has been detected of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteri at hatis essential to maintain the barrier function that prevents the passive diffusion of hydrophobic solutes such as antibiotics and detergents inside the cell.²¹ The strain of E. Coli use diswild, there fore, It is more resistant to the action of antibacterials.²² The result so btained constitute the first report of in vitro antibacterial activity of A. vesicaria and may contribute to justify the medicinal properties attributed to this plant.

Metabolite	Ethanolic extract
Carbohydrates	+
Phenols	++
Flavonoids	++
Alkaloids	+
(Mayer)
Alkaloids	+
(Wagner)
Triterpenes and steroids	+
Saponins	++
Mucilages	++
Legend: (-) absent, (+) present, (++) abundant

Table 1 Phytochemical analysis of rhizomes of Anredera vesicaria

Product	Halos of inhibition ( $\bar{X}$ , mm)
Product	S. typhimurium (ATCC 14028)	E. coli (Salvaje)	S. aureus (Salvaje)	P. Aeruginosa (Salvaje)
Ethanolic extract of rhizomes	10	11	15	18
DMSO	-	-	-	-
Chloramphenicol	16	20	21	17

Table 2 Antibacterial activity of the dry extract of A. vesicaria rhizomes

Extract	Minimum inhibitory concentration ( $\bar{X}$ , μg/mL)
Ethanolic (rhizomes)	S. typhimurium	E. coli (Wild )	S. aureus (Wild)	P. aeruginosa (Wild)
	(ATCC 14028)
	46.87	187.5	46.93	93.75

Table 3 Minimum inhibitory concentration of dry extract of A. vesicaria rhizomes

Conclusion

The ethanolic extract of A. vesicaria rhizomes presented remarkable in vitro antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative strains. The metabolites responsible for the antibacterial activity could be the phenolic compounds, flavonoids and alkaloids.