Tiwa Brenda Ngueffo, Fankam Aimé Gabriel, Sonfack Céline Brinda, Mouozong Richard, Kengne Michael Francis, Mbaveng Armelle Tsafack, Kuete Victor
Department of Biochemistry, University of Dschang, Dschang, West, Cameroon.
PLoS One. 2025 Aug 7;20(8):e0329771. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329771. eCollection 2025.
Global public health is facing a real challenge due to infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. Among these bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus is known to rapidly develops antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial potential of Harungana madagascariensis fruit extracts and their effects on the antioxidant system of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Moreover, the extracts were evaluated for their antibiotic-resistance modulation effects against some multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The antibacterial activity of the extracts and their effect in combination with antibiotics were assessed using the micro-dilution method. The catalase activity was assessed by measuring the height of foam, whereas the lipid peroxidation was carried out through spectrophotometric quantification of malondialdehyde. The phytochemical analysis of extracts was carried out using qualitative and quantitative standard assays. The tested extracts showed antibacterial activities, with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 32 to 2048 μg/mL. The most active extract (hexane extract) has inhibited the catalase activity and induced the lipid peroxidation in S. aureus DO18SA, indicating its ability to interact with the antioxidant system of the bacteria. Moreover, the dichloromethane/methanol extract increased by 2-128-fold the activity of levofloxacin, ampicillin, and cefotaxime against selected multidrug-resistant S. aureus. It also showed synergistic effect with cefotaxime against D051SA. Alkaloids, triterpenes, and phenols were detected in all the extracts, whereas the other phytochemical classes were selectively distributed. The methanol extract had the highest phenolic content (142.20 ± 16.75 mg GAE/g of extract). Overall, the findings of this study suggest that extracts of Harungana madagascariensis fruits could be valuable sources of new agents for treating multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
由于多重耐药细菌引起的感染,全球公共卫生正面临着一项现实挑战。在这些细菌中,金黄色葡萄球菌以迅速产生抗生素耐药性而闻名。本研究旨在评估马达加斯加哈伦加那果提取物的抗菌潜力及其对多重耐药金黄色葡萄球菌抗氧化系统的影响。此外,还评估了这些提取物对某些多重耐药金黄色葡萄球菌的抗生素耐药性调节作用。使用微量稀释法评估提取物的抗菌活性及其与抗生素联合使用时的效果。通过测量泡沫高度评估过氧化氢酶活性,而脂质过氧化则通过分光光度法定量丙二醛来进行。使用定性和定量标准分析方法对提取物进行植物化学分析。测试的提取物显示出抗菌活性,最低抑菌浓度范围为32至2048μg/mL。活性最强的提取物(己烷提取物)抑制了金黄色葡萄球菌DO18SA中的过氧化氢酶活性并诱导了脂质过氧化,表明其与细菌抗氧化系统相互作用的能力。此外,二氯甲烷/甲醇提取物使左氧氟沙星、氨苄青霉素和头孢噻肟对选定的多重耐药金黄色葡萄球菌的活性提高了2至128倍。它还显示出与头孢噻肟对D051SA的协同作用。在所有提取物中均检测到生物碱、三萜和酚类,而其他植物化学类别则选择性分布。甲醇提取物的酚类含量最高(142.20±16.75mg GAE/g提取物)。总体而言,本研究结果表明,马达加斯加哈伦加那果提取物可能是治疗多重耐药金黄色葡萄球菌感染新药物的宝贵来源。