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Int J Bacteriol 2014 Jan 01;2014:481686. doi: 10.1155/2014/481686.
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Activity of Aristolochia bracteolata against Moraxella catarrhalis.

Suliman Mohamed M , Timan Idriss M , Khedr AI , Abd AlGadir H , Takeshita S , Shah MM , Ichinose Y , Maki T .


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A bioassay-guided fractionation of methanol extract of Aristolochia bracteolata whole plant was carried out in order to evaluate its antimicrobial activity and to identify the active compounds in this extract. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of methanol extract against gram-positive, gram-negative, and fungal strains were investigated by the agar disk diffusion method. Among the strains tested, Moraxella catarrhalis and sea urchin-derived Bacillus sp. showed the highest sensitivity towards the methanol extract and hence they are used as test organisms for the bioassay-guided fractionation. From this extract, aristolochic acid 1 (AA-1) has been isolated and has showed the greatest antibacterial activity against both standard strain and clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis with equal minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of 25 and 50 μg/mL. Modification of the AA-1 to AA-1 methyl ester completely abolished the antibacterial activity of the compound and the piperonylic acid moiety of AA-1 which suggested that the coexistence of phenanthrene ring and free carboxylic acid is essential for AA-1 antibacterial activity.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844


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Abdullah, Prevalence and emerging resistance of Moraxella catarrhalis in lower respiratory tract infections in Karachi. 2013, Pubmed