Antifungal and antioxidant activity of fatty acid methyl esters from vegetable oils
Document title: Antifungal and antioxidant activity of fatty acid methyl esters from vegetable oils
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000412269
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Sao Joao del Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinopolis, Minas Gerais. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
3Fundacao Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 89
Number: 3
Pages: 1671-1682
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) were obtained from vegetable oils of soybean, corn and sunflower. The current study was focused on evaluating the antifungal activity of FAMEs mainly against Paracoccidioides spp., as well as testing the interaction of these compounds with commercial antifungal drugs and also their antioxidant potential. FAMEs presented small IC50 values (1.86-9.42 μg/mL). All three FAMEs tested showed antifungal activity against isolates of Paracoccidioides spp. with MIC values ranging from 15.6-500 µg/mL. Sunflower FAMEs exhibited antifungal activity that extended also to other genera, with an MIC of 15.6 μg/mL against Candida glabrata and C. krusei and 31.2 μg/mL against C. parapsilosis. FAMEs exhibited a synergetic effect with itraconazole. The antifungal activity of the FAMEs against isolates of Paracoccidioides spp. is likely due to the presence of methyl linoleate, the major compound present in all three FAMEs. The results obtained indicate the potential of FAMEs as sources for antifungal and antioxidant activity
Disciplines: Medicina,
Química
Keyword: Farmacología,
Fitoquímica,
Aceites vegetales,
Acidos grasos,
Actividad antioxidante,
Actividad antifúngica
Keyword: Medicine,
Chemistry,
Pharmacology,
Phytochemistry,
Plant oils,
Fatty acids,
Antioxidant activity,
Antifungal activity
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