Antifungal Activity of Salvia miltiorrhiza Against Candida albicans Is Associated with the Alteration of Membrane Permeability and (1,3)-beta-D-Glucan Synthase Activity
- Authors
- Lee, Heung-Shick; Kim, Younhee
- Issue Date
- 3월-2016
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Keywords
- Antifungal activity; Candida albicans; membrane permeability; (1,3)-beta-D-glucan synthase; Salvia miltiorrhiza
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.26, no.3, pp.610 - 617
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 610
- End Page
- 617
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/89291
- DOI
- 10.4014/jmb.1511.11009
- ISSN
- 1017-7825
- Abstract
- Candidiasis has posed a serious health risk to immunocompromised patients owing to the increase in resistant yeasts, and Candida albicans is the prominent pathogen of fungal infections. Therefore, there is a critical need for the discovery and characterization of novel antifungals to treat infections caused by C. albicans. In the present study, we report on the antifungal activity of the ethanol extract from Salvia miltiorrhiza against C. albicans and the possible mode of action against C. albicans. The increase in the membrane permeability was evidenced by changes in diphenylhexatriene binding and release of both 260-nm-absorbing intracellular materials and protein. In addition, inhibition of cell wall synthesis was demonstrated by the enhanced minimal inhibitory concentration in the presence of sorbitol and reduced (1,3)-beta-D-glucan synthase activity. The above evidence supports the notion that S. miltiorrhiza has antifungal activity against C. albicans by the synergistic activity of targeting the cell membrane and cell wall. These findings indicate that S. miltiorrhiza displays effective activity against C. albicans in vitro and merits further investigation to treat C. albicansassociated infections.
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