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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Atividade antibacteriana de plantas medicinais frente á bactérias multirresistentes e a sua interação com drogas antimicrobianas(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-08-28) SARAIVA, Rosa Márcia Corrêa; VIEIRA, José Maria dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6807452375674442Infection control of the multidrug-resistant microorganisms sometimes is ineffective even with the development of new antibiotics. Many herbal extracts have antimicrobial effects and may represent an alternative therapy for infectious diseases, mainly when associated with antibiotics of clinical use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of medicinal plants in multidrug-resistant microorganisms and their interaction with antimicrobial agents. We evaluate the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and fractions of Eleutherine plicata (“marupazinho”) Geissospermum vellosii (“pau-pereira”) and Portulaca pilosa (“amor-crescido”) against isolates of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) and multi-resistant bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, from human clinical isolates. Also we evaluate interaction of these plant extracts with antimicrobial agents of clinical use. The antibacterial activity was determined by disk diffusion on Mueller Hinton agar and the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) by micro dilution plate technique using Muller Hinton broth as culture medium and 0.01% resazurin as a developer of bacterial growth. The extracts and fractions were tested at concentrations of 500, 250, 125, 62.5, 31.2 and 16.2 μg/mL dissolved in 10% DMSO. Plants E. plicata and G. vellosii demonstrated activity against ORSA isolates with MICs of 125 μg/mL, whereas P. pilosa had an effect on the isolates of P. aeruginosa with MIC of 250 μg/mL. There were 25% of synergism and only 5% of antagonism of all 120 plant and antimicrobial agents interaction tested. ORSA isolates had synergistic interaction with ciprofloxacin, clindamycin and vancomycin agents and with both plant derivatives of E. plicata and G. vellosii. The derivatives of P. pilosa potentiated the action of the aztreonam, cefepime and piperacillin + tazobactam agents compared to the isolates of P. aeruginosa multidrug-resistant. The results shows therapeutic potential of E. plicata, G. vellosii and P. pilosa in the control of bacterial infections involving multidrug-resistant phenotype (MDR) and its interaction with antibacterial agents may represent a new alternative in the therapy of these infections.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estudos farmacognósticos, fitoquímicos e atividade antileishmania de espécies Geissospermum (Apocynaceae)(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-11-07) SILVA, João Victor da Silva e; MARINHO, Andrey Moacir do Rosario; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2511998363000599; DOLABELA, Maria Fâni; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0458080121943649This study aimed to perform pharmacognostic and phytochemical studies, and assess antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity of Geissospermum vellosii Allemão and Geissospermum sericeum Miers. The pharmacognostic study was carried out as described in the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia, 2010. The ethanol extracts (GVEE and GSEE) were obtained by exhaustive maceration with ethanol (96 ° GL), followed by concentration in rotaevaporator. The ethanol extract was fractionated using two methods: extraction under reflux (fractions of different polarities) and acid-base partition (neutral and alkaloid fractions). The alkaloid fractions (GVAF and GSAF) were fractionated on a chromatographic column with Sephadex LH-20 gel, and the resulting subfractions were analyzed on TLC, and reveled through Dragendorff reagent and ultraviolet (365 nm). The F6GVAF and F6GSAF subfractions, with alkaloids detected and good yield, were subjected to semi-preparative HPLC-DAD, and spectrophotometric methods. For evaluating the antileishmanial activity, promastigote forms of Leishmania amazonensis at a concentration of 5 x 106 parasites/100μL were treated with the samples at different concentrations for 24, 48 and 72h. The analysis was done adding [3- (4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl) -2,5- diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) to the samples in an ELISA reader at 490 nm. Cytotoxicity was assessed through cell viability assay with MTT in differentiated THP- 1 cells and HepG2. As a selection criteria, the selectivity index (IS) was calculated as the ratio between the cytotoxic concentration 50% in cell lines, and the inhibitory concentration 50% found for protozoa, considering as promising values ≥ 10. The plant powder was classified as thick (G. vellosii), and very thick (G. sericeum), low density, with pH 4.94 (G. vellosii) and 6.47 (G. sericeum), negative to saponins, with ash and moisture within the parameters established by the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia V. In the phytochemical study, we suggest the isolation of an indole alkaloid (F3F6FAGV) and a β-carbolinic (flavopereirine) from both species. The fractionation of GVEE and GSEE resulted in more cytotoxic subfractions, but the exposure time and refractionation reduced this effect. In the antipromatigota assay, all samples were active, and the fractionation increased the activity. The flavopereirine presented time-dependent activity greater than amphotericin B. However, the flavopereirine in association with indole alkaloid and/or amphotericin B reduced the selectivity of this metabolite. The extracts fractionation increases the selectivity index, and the selectivity of flavopereirin is high (SI = 4893.3). Therefore, the isolation of flavopereirine contributes to reduce cytotoxicity and increase selectivity, showing itself as a promising antileishmanial agent.