TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological properties of the Chilean native moss Sphagnum magellanicum
AU - Montenegro, Gloria
AU - Portaluppi, Mariana C.
AU - Salas, Francisco A.
AU - Díaz, María F.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - An ethanol extract prepared from the gametophyte Chilean native moss Sphagnum magellanicum was dried out, weighed and dissolved in distilled water. This extract was then assayed for its antibacterial activity against the G(-) bacteria Azotobacter vinelandii, Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae, and the G(+) bacteria Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus, and Streptococcus type β. The growth of the cultures of E. carotovora subsp. carotovora, and V. cholerae was inhibited at a concentration of 581μg/ml of extract, while the cultures of E. coli, S. typhi and Streptococcus type β were inhibited at a concentration of 1.16 μg/mL of extract. The concentration of phenolic compounds was 4.294 mg/mL; the presence of vanillic, chlorogenic, syringic, caffeic, gallic, 3-4 hydrozybenzoic, p-coumaric and salicylic acids was identified using RP- High Pressure Liquid Chromatography.
AB - An ethanol extract prepared from the gametophyte Chilean native moss Sphagnum magellanicum was dried out, weighed and dissolved in distilled water. This extract was then assayed for its antibacterial activity against the G(-) bacteria Azotobacter vinelandii, Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae, and the G(+) bacteria Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus, and Streptococcus type β. The growth of the cultures of E. carotovora subsp. carotovora, and V. cholerae was inhibited at a concentration of 581μg/ml of extract, while the cultures of E. coli, S. typhi and Streptococcus type β were inhibited at a concentration of 1.16 μg/mL of extract. The concentration of phenolic compounds was 4.294 mg/mL; the presence of vanillic, chlorogenic, syringic, caffeic, gallic, 3-4 hydrozybenzoic, p-coumaric and salicylic acids was identified using RP- High Pressure Liquid Chromatography.
KW - Antibacterial activity
KW - MIC
KW - Phenolic compounds
KW - Sphagnum magellanicum
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U2 - 10.4067/S0716-97602009000200012
DO - 10.4067/S0716-97602009000200012
M3 - Article
C2 - 19746269
AN - SCOPUS:74549206892
VL - 42
SP - 233
EP - 237
JO - Biological Research
JF - Biological Research
SN - 0716-9760
IS - 2
ER -