Biocidal effects of stem bark extract of Chrysophyllum albidium G. Don on vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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dc.contributor.authorAkinpelu, David A
dc.contributor.authorOdewade, Joseph O.
dc.contributor.authorAiyegoro, Olayinka A.
dc.contributor.authorAshafa, Anofi O. T.
dc.contributor.authorAkinpelu, Oluseun F.
dc.contributor.authorAgunbiade, Mayowa O.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T14:43:35Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T14:43:35Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-14
dc.descriptionBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine,Vol. 16 p. 10en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Staphylococcus aureus causes variety of infections in humans and animals worldwide and predominates in surgical wound infections. This study assessed the antimicrobial potential of the stem bark extract of Chrysophyllum albidum against an array of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) isolated from clinical samples. Methods: The methanolic crude extract of the plant was preliminary screened for the presence of phytochemicals; after then, the extract was partitioned into n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and butanol fractions. A range of concentrations of the plant extract fractions was prepared to assess its antimicrobial potency; the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs); the minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs); the rate of killing; the potassium ion leakage potential and nucleotides leakage ability against the VRSAs. Results: The phytochemical screening revealed the presence of tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, reducing sugars and terpenoids as major phytoconstituents resident in the crude plant extract. The two active fractions (n-hexane and butanol) at a concentration of 10 mg/ml exhibited antibacterial activities with the MIC and MBC values for the fractions ranged between 0.63–10 mg/ml and 1.25–10 mg/ml respectively. The time kill assay revealed that the antibacterial action of the two fractions are time and concentration dependent; the n-hexane and butanol fractions achieved 100 % kill on the test isolates at a concentration of 3×MIC and 2×MIC respectively after 120 min of reaction time. Varying amount of potassium ions as well as nucleotides were leaked from the test cells by n-hexane and butanol fractions. Conclusions: This study has established the possibility of developing antimicrobial agents of natural origin to manage possible infection from vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus that are now developing multi-resistance against many antibiotics.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s12906-016-1080-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5167
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicineen_US
dc.subjectNucleotideen_US
dc.subjectPotassium ionen_US
dc.subjectTime killen_US
dc.subjectMinimum bactericidal concentrationsen_US
dc.subjectMinimum inhibitory concentrationsen_US
dc.subjectPhytochemicalsen_US
dc.subjectMethanolic extracten_US
dc.subjectClinical samplesen_US
dc.subjectVancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureusen_US
dc.subjectChrysophyllum albidumen_US
dc.titleBiocidal effects of stem bark extract of Chrysophyllum albidium G. Don on vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusen_US
dc.typeJournalen_US
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