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ArticleScientific reports2022

Histological assessment, anti-quorum sensing, and anti-biofilm activities of Dioon spinulosum extract: in vitro and in vivo approach.

Engy Elekhnawy, Walaa A Negm, Mona El-Aasr, Amal Abo Kamer, Mohammed Alqarni, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Ahmad J Obaidullah, Heba M Fawzy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Engy ElekhnawyPharmaceutical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt. engy.ali@pharm.tanta.edu.eg.
Walaa A NegmPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt. walaa.negm@pharm.tanta.edu.eg.
Mona El-AasrPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt.
Amal Abo KamerPharmaceutical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Tanta, 31111, Egypt.
Mohammed AlqarniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
Gaber El-Saber BatihaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, Egypt.
Ahmad J ObaidullahDrug Exploration and Development Chair (DEDC), Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Heba M FawzyHistology and Cell Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Tanta University · EGAin Shams University · EGDamanhour University · EGKing Saud University · SATaif University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium causing several health problems and having many virulence factors like biofilm formation on different surfaces. There is a significant need to develop new antimicrobials due to the spreading resistance to the commonly used antibiotics, partly attributed to biofilm formation. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the anti-biofilm and anti-quorum sensing activities of Dioon spinulosum, Dyer Ex Eichler extract (DSE), against Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates. DSE exhibited a reduction in the biofilm formation by P. aeruginosa isolates both in vitro and in vivo rat models. It also resulted in a decrease in cell surface hydrophobicity and exopolysaccharide quantity of P. aeruginosa isolates. Both bright field and scanning electron microscopes provided evidence for the inhibiting ability of DSE on biofilm formation. Moreover, it reduced violacein production by Chromobacterium violaceum (ATCC 12,472). It decreased the relative expression of 4 quorum sensing genes (lasI, lasR, rhlI, rhlR) and the biofilm gene (ndvB) using qRT-PCR. Furthermore, DSE presented a cytotoxic activity with IC

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ZamiaceaeAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsChromobacteriumDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialIndolesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPlant ExtractsPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsQuorum SensingRatsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsIndolesPlant Extractsviolacein

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PMID34996996
PMCPMC8742103
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