ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIFUNGAL, ANTIBIOFILM, ANTIOXIDANT, AND ANTICANCER PROPERTIES OF METHANOL EXTRACTS OF SOME ACANTHOLIMON BOISS (PLUMBAGINACEAE) SPECIES

Abstract

Therapeutic properties of plants have been used since the existence of mankind. To benefit from this feature, the discovery of the active components of plants has gained momentum today. One of these plant species is Acantholimon Boiss. This plant extract has antifungal, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties. In this article, antimicrobial, antifungal and antioxidant capacities and antibiofilm properties of Acantholimon Boiss plant extract on 15 bacterial and 2 fungal species were evaluated. Antimicrobial properties were evaluated by Agar Well Diffusion method. It was observed that the plants formed a zone diameter of 12-18 cm. Minimum Inhibition Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) tests were used to determine the minimum active property. Biofilms of almost all bacteria were reduced by 10-50% by Acantholimon species at doses of 8 mg/ml-16 mg/ml. For MCF-7 cells, the IC50 values for A. acerosum subsp. brachystachyum (Boiss. ), A. acenum var. balansae, A. armenum var. balansae and A. kotschyi were 0.143 mg/ml, 0.63 mg/ml, 0.63 mg/ml, 0.63 mg/ml, 0.63 mg/ml, 0.63 mg/ml and 0.107 mg/ml, respectively. The same doses did not show a cytotoxic effect on HUVEC cell lines. With this article, it has given important results in terms of having a wide range of bacterial studies and examining its activities in fungi and cell lines. These findings suggest that extracts of Acantholimon Boiss species may be a potential source of natural medicines and antibacterial, antifungal, antibiofilm, antioxidant, and anticancer activities may support their therapeutic use.

Keywords

• Acantholimon species
• Anticancer activity
• Antimicrobial activity
• Antioxidant activity

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