I K Sawer1, M I Berry, J L Ford. 1. Faculty of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Abstract
AIM: This study was undertaken to further examine the antimicrobial actions of the alkaloid cryptolepine. METHODS AND RESULTS: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cryptolepine against Staphylococcus aureus was determined using the broth dilution method. Time-kill kinetics and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques were employed to monitor the survival characteristics and the changes in morphologies respectively of staphylococci in the presence of cryptolepine. A notable antistaphylococcal activity was recorded for cryptolepine (MIC against S. aureus NCTC 10788=5 microg ml(-1)). Cryptolepine appears to have a lytic effect on S. aureus as seen in SEM photomicrographs following 3, 6 or 24 h treatment with 4X MIC, i.e. 20 microg ml(-1) of cryptolepine. The surface morphological appearance of the staphylococcal cells was also altered. The lytic effect appeared to coincide with low viable counts recorded in survival curves following treatment with cryptolepine. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: These findings demonstrate that lysis occurs when susceptible organisms are exposed to cryptolepine.
AIM: This study was undertaken to further examine the antimicrobial actions of the alkaloid cryptolepine. METHODS AND RESULTS: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cryptolepine against Staphylococcus aureus was determined using the broth dilution method. Time-kill kinetics and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques were employed to monitor the survival characteristics and the changes in morphologies respectively of staphylococci in the presence of cryptolepine. A notable antistaphylococcal activity was recorded for cryptolepine (MIC against S. aureus NCTC 10788=5 microg ml(-1)). Cryptolepine appears to have a lytic effect on S. aureus as seen in SEM photomicrographs following 3, 6 or 24 h treatment with 4X MIC, i.e. 20 microg ml(-1) of cryptolepine. The surface morphological appearance of the staphylococcal cells was also altered. The lytic effect appeared to coincide with low viable counts recorded in survival curves following treatment with cryptolepine. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: These findings demonstrate that lysis occurs when susceptible organisms are exposed to cryptolepine.
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