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Antifungal and synergistic effects of an ethyl acetate extract of the edible brown seaweed Eisenia bicyclis against Candida species

  • Kim, Ki-Hyun (Busan Regional Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Eom, Sung-Hwan (Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyo-Jung (Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Dae-Sung (Marine Biodiversity Institutes of Korea) ;
  • Nshimiyumukiza, Ossiniel (KOICA-PKNU International Graduate Program of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Dongsoo (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Young-Mog (Department of Food Science and Technology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Lee, Myung-Suk (Department of Microbiology, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2014.04.02
  • Accepted : 2014.04.20
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

With the continuing demand for new solutions in the development of effective and safe candidiasis therapies, we investigated the efficacy of an antifungal agent from the marine brown alga Eisenia bicyclis. The methanolic extract of E. bicyclis evinced potential antifungal activity against Candida species. The ethyl acetate (EtOAc)-soluble extract from E. bicyclis demonstrated the strongest antifungal activity against Candida species among five solvent-soluble extracts. Indeed, the EtOAc-soluble extract showed minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 4 to 8 mg/mL. Furthermore, the EtOAc-soluble extract considerably reversed high-level fluconazole resistance of Candida species. The MIC values of fluconazole against Candida species decreased substantially (from 64 to $4{\mu}g/mL$) in combination with the MIC of the EtOAc-soluble extract (4 mg/mL). The fractional inhibitory concentration indices of fluconazole ranged from 0.531 to 0.625 in combination with 4, 2, or 1 mg/mL of the EtOAc-soluble extract against Candida isolates, indicating that these combinations exert a marked synergistic effect against Candida isolates. These findings imply that compounds derived from E. bicyclis can be a potential source of natural antifungal agents against Candida species.

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