Antifungal Activity of Pomegranate Peel Extract and Isolated Compound Punicalagin Against Dermatophytes

Overview

Journal Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Microbiology

Date 2014 Sep 27

PMID 25260038

Citations 32

Authors

Simone R Foss

Celso V Nakamura

Tania Ueda-Nakamura

Diogenes A G Cortez

Eliana H Endo

Benedito P Dias Filho

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Abstract

Background: Dermatophyte species infect the epidermis and appendages, often with serious social and health-economic consequences. The hydroalcoholic extract of pomegranate fruit peel showed activity against the dermatophyte fungi Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. rubrum, Microsporum canis and M. gypseum.

Methods: Hydroalcoholic extract was prepared with pomegranate peels. This crude extract was fractionated and submitted to liquid-liquid partition, resulting in an active fraction which was fractionated in a Sephadex LH-20 column, followed by a Lobar column. The structure of the active compound was established with the use of spectroscopic methods.

Results: The crude extract of pomegranate fruit peel showed activity against the dermatophytes Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. rubrum, Microsporum canis, and M. gypseum, with MICs values of 125 μg/ml and 250 μg/ml, respectively for each genus. Punicalagin was isolated and identified by spectroscopic analysis. The crude extract and punicalagin showed activity against the conidial and hyphal stages of the fungi. The cytotoxicity assay showed selectivity for fungal cells than for mammalian cells.

Conclusions: These results indicated that the crude extract and punicalagin had a greater antifungal activity against T. rubrum, indicating that the pomegranate is a good target for study to obtain a new antidermatophyte medicine.

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