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Inhibitory effect of Murraya koenigii against Candida albicans virulence and biofilm development

  • Subramanian Muthamil and Shunmugiah Karutha Pandian EMAIL logo
From the journal Biologia

Abstract

In this study, anti-infective potential of the medicinal plant Murraya koenigii was assessed through in vitro assays and microscopic analysis. The methanolic leaf extract of M. koenigii significantly inhibited the major virulence factors of Candida albicans, such as biofilm formation, yeast-to-hyphal transition, cell surface hydrophobicity, hemolysin production and filamentation. Further purification and molecular characterization of the active lead is expected to give a novel anticandidal agent for the treatment of Candida infection.

Acknowledgements

The authors thankfully acknowledge the Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India [Grant No. BT/BI/25/015/2012 (BIF)], the instrumentation facility provided by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India through PURSE [Grant No. SR/S9Z-23/2010/42 (G)] & FIST (Grant No. SR-FST/LSI-087/2008), and University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, through SAP-DRS1 [Grant No. F.3-28/2011 (SAP-II)]. SM thanks UGC for financial assistance in the form of a Basic Scientific Research Fellowship [Sanction No. F.25-1/2013-14 (BSR)/7-326/2011 (BSR) dt 30.05.2014].

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Abbreviations
CLSM

confocal laser scanning microscopy

MBIC

minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration

MKM

Murraya koenigii methanolic

MTP

microtiter plate

PBS

phosphate buffered saline

SDA

Sabouraud dextrose agar

SEM

scanning electron microscopy

XTT

2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide

YEPD

yeast extract peptone dextrose

Received: 2015-12-21
Accepted: 2016-3-18
Published Online: 2016-4-20
Published in Print: 2016-3-1

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