The antimicrobial activity of extracts of the lichen Hypogymnia tubulosa and its 3-hydroxyphysodic acid constituent

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2005 Jan-Feb;60(1-2):35-8. doi: 10.1515/znc-2005-1-207.

Abstract

The antimicrobial activity and the MIC values of the diethyl ether, acetone, chloroform, petroleum ether, and ethanol extracts of the lichen Hypogymnia tubulosa and its 3-hydroxyphysodic acid constituent have been investigated against some microorganisms. At least one of the extracts or 3-hydroxyphysodic acid showed antimicrobial activity against Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Listeria monocytogenes, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus faecalis, and Candida albicans. No antifungal activity of the extracts has been observed against ten filamentous fungi.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Dibenzoxepins / chemistry*
  • Dibenzoxepins / isolation & purification
  • Dibenzoxepins / pharmacology
  • Lichens / chemistry*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification

Substances

  • 3-hydroxyphysodic acid
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Dibenzoxepins
  • Plant Extracts
  • physodic acid