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Antibacterial, Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Two Flavonoids from Retama raetam Flowers

by
Hayet Edziri
1,
Maha Mastouri
2,
Mohamed Ali Mahjoub
3,
Zine Mighri
2,
Aouni Mahjoub
1 and
Luc Verschaeve
4,5,*
1
Laboratoire des Maladies Transmissibles et des Substances Biologiquement Actives, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
2
Laboratoire de Microbiologie C H U Fattouma BOURGUIBA, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
3
Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles et de Synthèse Organique 99/UR/12-26, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
4
Division of Toxicology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels B-1050, Belgium
5
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk 2610, Belgium
*
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Molecules 2012, 17(6), 7284-7293; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17067284
Received: 16 May 2012 / Revised: 29 May 2012 / Accepted: 6 June 2012 / Published: 13 June 2012
(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)
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We have investigated the antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of two flavonoids isolated from Retama raetam flowers using the disc diffusion and micro-dilution broth methods. The cytotoxic activity was tested against Hep-2 cells using the MTT assay. The compounds licoflavone C (1) and derrone (2) were active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli (7.81–15.62 µg/mL) and showed important antifungal activity. Strong antifungal activity against Candida species (7.81 µg/mL) was for example found with compound 2. The tested compounds also showed strong cytotoxicity against Hep-2 cells. These two compounds may be interesting antimicrobial agents to be used against infectious diseases caused by many pathogens. View Full-Text
Keywords: Retama raetam flowers; antibacterial activity; antifungal activity; cytotoxic property; flavonoid Retama raetam flowers; antibacterial activity; antifungal activity; cytotoxic property; flavonoid
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Edziri, H.; Mastouri, M.; Mahjoub, M.A.; Mighri, Z.; Mahjoub, A.; Verschaeve, L. Antibacterial, Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Two Flavonoids from Retama raetam Flowers. Molecules 2012, 17, 7284-7293. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17067284

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Edziri H, Mastouri M, Mahjoub MA, Mighri Z, Mahjoub A, Verschaeve L. Antibacterial, Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Two Flavonoids from Retama raetam Flowers. Molecules. 2012; 17(6):7284-7293. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17067284

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Edziri, Hayet; Mastouri, Maha; Mahjoub, Mohamed Ali; Mighri, Zine; Mahjoub, Aouni; Verschaeve, Luc. 2012. "Antibacterial, Antifungal and Cytotoxic Activities of Two Flavonoids from Retama raetam Flowers" Molecules 17, no. 6: 7284-7293. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17067284

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