TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioassay guided isolation and identification of anti-Acanthamoeba compounds from Tunisian olive leaf extracts
AU - Sifaoui, Ines
AU - López-Arencibia, Atteneri
AU - Ticona Huallpara, Juan Carlos
AU - Martín-Navarro, Carmen M.
AU - Reyes-Batlle, María
AU - Mejri, Mondher
AU - Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob
AU - Jiménez, Antonio Ignacio
AU - Valladares, Basilio
AU - Lopez-Bazzocchi, Isabel
AU - Abderabba, Manef
AU - Piñero, José E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - Pathogenic Acanthamoeba strains are causative agents of Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) worldwide. The existence of the cyst stage complicates Acanthamoeba therapy as it is highly resistant to antibiotics and physical agents. The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of Limouni olive leaf cultivar against the trophozoite stage of Acanthamoeba. The ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of this variety were tested against Acanthamoeba castellanii Neff. The ethyl acetate extract of olive leaf was the most active showing an IC50 of 5.11±0.71μg/ml of dry extract. Bio-guided fractionation of this extract was conducted and led to the identification of three active compounds namely oleanolic and maslinic acids and oleuropein which could be used for the development of novel therapeutic approaches against Acanthamoeba infections.
AB - Pathogenic Acanthamoeba strains are causative agents of Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) and Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) worldwide. The existence of the cyst stage complicates Acanthamoeba therapy as it is highly resistant to antibiotics and physical agents. The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of Limouni olive leaf cultivar against the trophozoite stage of Acanthamoeba. The ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of this variety were tested against Acanthamoeba castellanii Neff. The ethyl acetate extract of olive leaf was the most active showing an IC50 of 5.11±0.71μg/ml of dry extract. Bio-guided fractionation of this extract was conducted and led to the identification of three active compounds namely oleanolic and maslinic acids and oleuropein which could be used for the development of novel therapeutic approaches against Acanthamoeba infections.
KW - Acanthamoeba
KW - Bioassay fractionation
KW - Chemotherapy
KW - Olive leaf extract
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84912094989&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.02.018
DO - 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.02.018
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 24726697
AN - SCOPUS:84912094989
SN - 0014-4894
VL - 145
SP - S111-S114
JO - Experimental Parasitology
JF - Experimental Parasitology
IS - S
ER -