Martínez M, Mantilla LE, Ricardo TD, Galvis GJH

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Due to their content of secondary metabolites such as xanthones, anthraquinones and alkaloids, lichens have been suggested to be a material of high biological potential (e.g. antibiotic and antiviral). Their very promising antibacterial potential may be determined by diffusion antibiograms, the main concern of the present study.
Objective: Evaluate the antibacterial activity of extracts obtained from Peltigera laciniata (Merrill ex Riddle) Gyeln, cutleaf elm.
Methods: The lichenic material was percolated with 96% ethanol. Total alkaloids and total flavonoids were isolated from the crude ethanolic extract by adding 3% HCL and methanol, respectively. Both fractions were monitored by thin-layer chromatography and fractioned by column chromatography. Extracts and fractions were subjected to bioassays against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus for inhibition haloes, using sultamicillin as control. The assays were conducted 3 times with 2 replications.
Results: Upon chromatographic separation of the alkaloids, an increase was observed in inhibition when compared with the alkaloidal mixture. Fraction A1 displayed inhibition values close to the control. Fraction FT showed lower inhibition values than the other treatments evaluated. The fraction of total flavonoids had a lesser impact on E. coli and S. aureus, but alkaloidal nitrogenated compounds had significant antibacterial activity against Gram-positive microorganisms.
Conclusions: The chemical profile of extracts from the study species revealed the presence of alkaloidal and flavonoidal secondary metabolites, as well as the antimicrobial effect of the alkaloids contained in the extract and the fraction. This confirms the antibacterial pharmacological potential attributed to the protoberberine core.

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