ABSTRACT
Swine dysentery (SD) is a common disease among pigs worldwide, which contributes to major production losses. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of B. hyodysenteriae, the etiological agent of SD, is mainly performed by the agar dilution method. This method has certain limitations due to difficulties in interpretation of results. The aim of this study was the analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (B. hyodysenteriae) Polish field isolates by broth microdilution procedure. The study was performed on 21 isolates of B. hyodysenteriae, collected between January 2006 to December 2010 from cases of swine dysentery. VetMIC Brachyspira panels with antimicrobial agents (tiamulin, valnemulin, doxycycline, lincomycin, tylosin and ampicillin) were used for susceptibility testing of B. hyodysenteriae. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by the broth dilution procedure. The lowest antimicrobial activity was demonstrated for tylosin and lincomycin, with inhibition of bacterial growth using concentrations > 128 microg/ml and 32 microg/ml, respectively. In the case of doxycycline, the MIC values were < or = 2.0 microg/ml. No decreased susceptibility to tiamulin was found among the Polish isolates and MIC values for this antibiotic did not exceed 1.0 microg/ml. The results of the present study confirmed that Polish B. hyodysenteriae isolates were susceptible to the main antibiotics (tiamulin and valnemulin) used in treatment of swine dysentery. Further studies are necessary to evaluate a possible slow decrease in susceptibility to tiamulin and valnemulin of B. hyodysenteriae strains in Poland.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Brachyspira hyodysenteriae/drug effects , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/veterinary , Swine Diseases/microbiology , Animals , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Poland/epidemiology , Swine , Swine Diseases/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Luteolin content in Thymus vulgaris and its extracts have been compared. Luteolin was separated on a thin- layer of silica gel with three-step gradient elution and determined by HPTLC-photodensitometry. The proposed method is simple and sensitive and can be used for the routine assay of luteolin in phytomedicines containing thyme extracts.
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Luteolin/chemistry , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Thymus Plant , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Humans , Predictive Value of Tests , Sensitivity and SpecificityABSTRACT
Triterpene pentacyclic sapogenin, 3beta,22beta,24-trihydroxy-olean-12-ene, soyasapogenol B, was isolated for the first time from the Anthyllis vulneraria L.. Identification and structure assignment was performed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.
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Plants, Medicinal/chemistry , Sapogenins/chemistry , Triterpenes/chemistry , Europe , Glycosides/chemistry , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Plant Leaves/chemistryABSTRACT
The influence of ether fraction of water-soluble extract of poplar leaves (Populus nigra L.) and nine phenolic acids (cinnamic and benzoic acids derivatives) on human mononuclear (MNL) leukocytes angiogenic activity was studied. Ether fraction, containing mainly phenolic acids, increased cutaneous angiogenesis induced in mice by human MNL isolated from the blood of healthy donors. Increase of angiogenic activity was also observed in case of caffeic, gallic, salicylic, ferulic and gentisic acids. Isovanillic, protocatechuic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids did not influence this parameter.
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Neovascularization, Pathologic/drug therapy , Phenols/pharmacology , Skin/blood supply , Trees , Animals , Humans , Leukocytes/drug effects , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Neovascularization, Pathologic/etiology , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
Quercetin, rhamnetin, isohamnetin, apigenin and luteolin were isolated from medicinal herbs: Erigeron canadensis L., Anthyllis vulneraria L. and Pyrola chloranta L. The mutagenicity of these naturally occurring flavonoids was tested by the Ames method with S. typhimurium strains TA1535, TA1538, TA97, TA98, TA100 and TA102 in the presence and absence of metabolic activation. Of the above flavonoids only quercetin and rhamnetin revealed mutagenic activity in the Ames test. Quercetin induced point mutations in strains TA97, TA98, TA100 and TA102 of S. typhimurium. The presence of S9 rat liver microsome fraction markedly enhanced the mutagenic activity of quercetin in these strains. Rhamnetin appeared to be a much weaker mutagen in the Ames test. The compound induced mutations in strains TA97, TA98 and TA100 of S. typhimurium but only in the presence of metabolic activation. Comparison of the structure of the studied flavonoids with their mutagenic activity indicates that the mutagenicity of flavonoids is dependent on the presence of hydroxyl groups in the 3' and 4' positions of the B ring, and that the presence of a free hydroxy or methoxy group in the 7 position of the A ring also probably contributes to the appearance of mutagenic activity of flavonoids in the Ames test. It also appeared that the presence of methoxy groups, particularly in the B ring of the flavonoid molecule, markedly decreases the mutagenic activity of the compound.
