Journal
ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 844-850Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.07.008
Keywords
Acanthamoeba spp.; Amoebicidal; Chlorogenic acid; Encystment; Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Funding
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [FRGS/1/2014/SG01/UNIM/02/1]
- Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
- University of Malaya Research Grant [UMRG 544/14HTM, UMRG 362-15AFR]
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Objective: To examine the acanthamoebicidal effects of ethyl acetate, aqueous and butanol fractions of dried flower buds of Lonicera japonica (L. japonica) Thumb. (Flos Lonicerae) in vitro. Methods: Acanthamoeba triangularis isolates were obtained from environmental water samples and identified by PCR. They were exposed to ethyl acetate, water and butanol fractions of L. japonica Thunb. at concentrations ranging from 0.5 mg/mL to 1.5 mg/mL. The extracts were evaluated for growth inhibition at 24, 48 and 72 h, respectively. Chlorogenic acid at a concentration of 1 mg/mL was examined for inhibition of encystment. Results: Ethyl acetate fraction at a concentration of 1.5 mg/mL evoked a significant reduction of trophozoite viability by 48.9% after 24 h, 49.2% after 48 h and 33.7% after 72 h Chlorogenic acid, the major active constituent of L. japonica Thunb. at the concentration of 1 mg/mL reduced the cysts/trophozoite ratio by 100% after 24 h, 84.0% after 48 h and 72.3% after 72 h. This phenolic compound at concentration of I mg/mL concurrent with 0.6% hydrogen peroxide inhibited hydrogen peroxide-induced encystment by 92.8% at 72 h. Conclusions: Results obtained from this study show that ethyl acetate fraction at 1.5 mg/mL is the most potent fraction of L. japonica Thunb. and its major constituent chlorogenic acid showed the remarkable inhibition of encystment at a concentration of 1 mg/mL.
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