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Article: Novel antifungal activity of purpurin against Candida species in vitro

TitleNovel antifungal activity of purpurin against Candida species in vitro
Authors
Kang, KFong, WPTsang, PWK
KeywordsCandida
Efflux pumps
In vitro susceptibility
Mitochondrial membrane potential
Purpurin
Issue Date2010
PublisherInforma Healthcare. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13693786.asp
Citation
Medical Mycology, 2010, v. 48 n. 7, p. 904-911 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13693781003739351
AbstractThe antifungal activity of purpurin (1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone), a natural red anthraquinone pigment in madder root (Rubia tinctorum L.), was evaluated by a broth microdilution assay against a total of 24 Candida isolates representing six species. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range of purpurin was 1.285.12 μg/ml. Mechanistic studies using the rhodamine 6G extrusion assay indicated that purpurin inhibited the energy-dependent efflux pumps of the Candida isolates in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, purpurin demonstrated a dose-dependent depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential, one of the biochemical checkpoints regulating cell death in eukaryotic cells, suggesting a possible linkage between purpurin antifungal mechanism and Candida apoptosis. © 2010 ISHAM.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/124426
ISSN
1369-3786
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.582
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000284170600002
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SARRFCID 08070142
Funding Information:

This research was partially supported by a research grant to PWK Tsang from the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID 08070142), the Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. We thank Professor L. P. Samaranayake (University of Hong Kong) for providing some of the Candida strains and Dr J. Morschhauser for C. albicans SC5314 used in this study.

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dc.contributor.authorTsang, PWKen_HK
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe antifungal activity of purpurin (1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone), a natural red anthraquinone pigment in madder root (Rubia tinctorum L.), was evaluated by a broth microdilution assay against a total of 24 Candida isolates representing six species. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range of purpurin was 1.285.12 μg/ml. Mechanistic studies using the rhodamine 6G extrusion assay indicated that purpurin inhibited the energy-dependent efflux pumps of the Candida isolates in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, purpurin demonstrated a dose-dependent depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential, one of the biochemical checkpoints regulating cell death in eukaryotic cells, suggesting a possible linkage between purpurin antifungal mechanism and Candida apoptosis. © 2010 ISHAM.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.subjectCandidaen_HK
dc.subjectEfflux pumpsen_HK
dc.subjectIn vitro susceptibilityen_HK
dc.subjectMitochondrial membrane potentialen_HK
dc.subjectPurpurinen_HK
dc.titleNovel antifungal activity of purpurin against Candida species in vitroen_HK
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