Abstract

Antibacterial Property and Molecular Docking Studies of Leaf Calli Phytochemicals of Bridelia scandens Wild.

Highlights

  • Since earliest times, medicinal plants have been known to exert healing properties against human infections as antimicrobial agents due to the presence of rich secondary metabolites

  • Molecular docking study of High Resolution Liquid Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (HR-LCMS) identified compounds was performed by docking with bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase

  • Unscientific collection and over exploitation of medicinal plants resulted in the dwindling of natural population and many of them are at the verge of threatening status

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Summary

Introduction

Medicinal plants have been known to exert healing properties against human infections as antimicrobial agents due to the presence of rich secondary metabolites. The antibacterial screening of LCME against clinical pathogens showed significant bactericidal activity against the strains Staphylococcus aureus (17.67±0.88 mm.d.), Streptococcus pneumonia (13.67±0.33), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.33±0.67), Salmonella typhi (17.67±0.33), and Vibrio cholera (15.33±0.33) as compared to the standard drug ciprofloxacin. The molecular docking of lasalocid against the bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase exhibited good binding affinity of -4.9 kcal/mol, good drug likeness (2.5589), 2 hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interaction with 7 amino acid residues, so that lasalocid processes good inhibitor as compared to other 4 compounds. Conclusion: LCME of Bridelia scandens showed significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi. Lasalocid is the major phytocomponent of LCME which exhibited good inhibitory activity against bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase. This investigation supported traditional claim of LCME as potential antibacterial drug.

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