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Antimicrobial activity of selected banana cultivars against important human pathogens, including candida biofilm

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Title Antimicrobial activity of selected banana cultivars against important human pathogens, including candida biofilm
 
Creator Jouneghani, R.S.
Castro, A.H.F.
Panda, S.K.
Swennen, Rony L.
Luyten, W.
 
Subject antimicrobials
activities
bananas
varieties
foods
borneo
pathogens
musa
edible films
 
Description Open Access Journal
Ten banana (Musa spp.) cultivars were studied for their antimicrobial properties. Three plant parts (corm, pseudostem and leaves) were collected separately and extracted with different solvents, viz., hexane, acetone, ethanol and water. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) was evaluated using a broth microdilution assay. Eight human bacterial and one fungal pathogen were tested. Acetone and ethanol extract(s) often exhibited significant antimicrobial activity, while hexane extracts were less active. Aqueous extracts often showed microbial growth, possibly by endophytes. Leaf extracts were most active, followed by pseudostem, and corm was least active. All the tested banana cultivars were found to contain antimicrobials, as demonstrated by inhibition of selected human pathogens. However, cultivars such as Dole, Saba, Fougamou, Namwah Khom, Pelipita and Mbwazirume showed a broad-spectrum activity, inhibiting all tested pathogens. Other cultivars such as Petit Naine and Kluai Tiparot showed a narrow-spectrum activity, including antibiofilm activity against Candida albicans. Our results support the use of different parts of banana plants in traditional human medicine for infections, including diarrhea and dysentery, and some sexually transmitted diseases, as well as for packaging spoilable materials like food.
 
Date 2020-04-04
2020-07-22T14:09:17Z
2020-07-22T14:09:17Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Jouneghani, R. S., Castro, A. H. F., Panda, S. K., Swennen, R., & Luyten, W. (2020). Antimicrobial activity of selected banana cultivars against important human pathogens, including candida biofilm. Foods, 9(4): 435, 1-19.
2304-8158
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108848
https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9040435
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-19
application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Foods