Resveratrol oligomers inhibit biofilm formation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Nat Prod. 2014 Jan 24;77(1):168-72. doi: 10.1021/np400756g. Epub 2013 Dec 20.

Abstract

Biofilm formation is closely related to bacterial infection and is also a mechanism of antimicrobial resistance. Hence, the antibiofilm approach provides an alternative to an antibiotic strategy. In this study, the antibiofilm activities of resveratrol (1) and five of its oligomers, namely, ε-viniferin (2), suffruticosol A (3), suffruticosol B (4), vitisin A (5), and vitisin B (6), were investigated against enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. Vitisin B (6), a stilbenoid tetramer, was found to inhibit biofilm formation by the two bacteria the most effectively and at 5 μg/mL inhibited E. coli O157:H7 biofilm formation by more than 90%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Benzofurans / chemistry
  • Benzofurans / pharmacology*
  • Biofilms / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / drug effects*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / pharmacology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Resveratrol
  • Stilbenes / chemistry
  • Stilbenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Benzofurans
  • Phenols
  • Stilbenes
  • malvidin-3-O-glucoside-4 vinyl
  • epsilon-viniferin
  • Resveratrol