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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Time-kill kinetics and antimicrobial activities of Thai medical plant extracts against fish pathogenic bacteria
Surachai Techaoei
Department of Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Integrative Medicine, Rajamangala University of Technology, Thanyaburi, Pathumthani, Thailand
| Date of Submission | 05-Aug-2021 |
| Date of Decision | 27-Sep-2021 |
| Date of Acceptance | 01-Nov-2021 |
| Date of Web Publication | 21-Jan-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Surachai Techaoei
Faculty of Integrative Medicine, Rajamangala University of Technology, Thanyaburi, Pathumthani 12130
Thailand
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DOI: 10.4103/japtr.japtr_241_21
The main objective of this work was to conduct the microbial control of Thai herbs against fish pathogens and their time-kill kinetics activity. Ten medicinal plants were selected to test antimicrobial activity against aquatic pathogens including Aeromonas hydrophila, Flavobacterium sp., and Streptomyces sp. Caesalpinia sappan and Alpinia galangal extracts showed the best activity against A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp. Among them, Caesalpinia sappan expressed the great activity against A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp. with the test concentration of MIC values of 1.25 and 2.50 mg/mL and MBC values of 5.0 and 10.0 mg/mL, while the MIC and MBC values of A. galangal were found to be 2.50 and 10.0 mg/mL with Streptomyces sp. The plant extracts of C. sappan and A. galangal at 1MIC, 2MIC, and 3MIC values really showed time-kill kinetics potential against fish pathogen on period of 3–18 h. In conclusion, plant extracts are good potentials sources as antifish pathogens and safety in an aquatic ecosystem.
Keywords: Antimicrobial activity, fish pathogens, medicinal plants, time-kill kinetics
How to cite this article:
Techaoei S. Time-kill kinetics and antimicrobial activities of Thai medical plant extracts against fish pathogenic bacteria. J Adv Pharm Technol Res 2022;13:25-9 |
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Techaoei S. Time-kill kinetics and antimicrobial activities of Thai medical plant extracts against fish pathogenic bacteria. J Adv Pharm Technol Res [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 30];13:25-9. Available from: https://www.japtr.org/text.asp?2022/13/1/25/336205 |
| Introduction | |  |
Aquaculture is also a natural source for food industry. An increasing of aquaculture production for food supply forces the fish workers to push up fish communities and densities. Therefore, the increase of fish population leading to water quality, lack of sanitary management of aquaculture, and immune suppression that open out to disease infections such as viral and bacterial infections.[1],[2] Bacteria is an important fish pathogen causing mortality and productivity, economic losses in aquaculture.[3] Aeromonas hydrophila is the major bacterial pathogen which found in freshwater[4] and associated with skin infection,[5],[6] bacteremia, enteritis,[7] respiratory tract failure, and dysentery.[8] Flavobacterium columnare is found in freshwater and soil. It is very dangerous to fish baby that appearing skin problem as well as increasing mortality and related with poor environmental condition.[9],[10] Streptomyces sp. is a family of actinomycetes, nonpathogenic bacteria and produce desiccation-resistant spores. Previously, actinomycetes have also shown interesting role in dealing with the fish bacterial diseases.[11]
Currently, the standard treatments for bacterial infection are antibiotics, vaccines, and chemical treatments. However, these treatments have limitation for the use, side effect, low efficacy, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.[12] Therefore, different plant extracts can be potential alternative therapeutics to control fish pathogens. Plant extracts have alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, and phenolic compounds.[13],[14] Previous researches showed that bioactive compounds have antimicrobial.[15] In our study, we investigate the antimicrobial activity of plant extracts including Galangal (Alpinia galanga (L) Willd); AG, ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe; ZO), sappan (Caesalpinia sappan L.; CS), clove basil (Ocimum gratissimum; OG), red basil (Ocimum sanctum L.; OS), cassod tree (Senna siamea (Lam) Irwin and Barneby; SS), ringworm bush (Cassia alata (L) Roxb; CA), coriander root (Coriandrum sativum L.; CSA), garlic chives (Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng; AT), and cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum J. Presl.; CV) against A. hydrophila, Flavobacterium sp. and Streptomyces sp. and study the time-kinetics studies of herbal extracts at different times.
| Materials and Methods | | |
Preparation of herbal plants
Ten plant samples (two rhizomes of ZO and AG, leaves of OG, SS, CA, and CSA, two stems of OS and AT, one core of CS, and one bark of CV) were collected from Pathum Thani province in May 2020 and identify the named by plant taxonomist (Miss Kunthasaya Akkarasiritharattana). All plants were taken in sterile container and transported to the laboratory, washed with running tap, and dried at 60°C for 1 day. Dried plants were ground and kept in sterile bottles under 4°C.
Extraction
The plant powders were extracted with 95% ethanol (1:20, w/v). The solution was shaken for 2 days at room temperature and filtered with filter paper (Whatman No. 1). All extraction were vaporized at 50°C, weighted, calculated, and stored at 4°C.
Antimicrobial activity
The antibacterial activity was examined by agar disc diffusion assay. Tested bacterial cultures including A. hydrophila, Favobacterium sp. and Streptomyces sp. were adjusted to 0.5 McFarland standards. Sterile discs were added with crude plant extracts (10 mg/mL) before applied over the agar plates which swabbed with tested bacteria. After incubation at 37°C for 1 day, the clear zone was observed. Gentamycin (10 μg/disc) and DMSO at 5% were used as control, respectively. The experiment was conducted in triplicates.[16]
Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity
The bacteriostatic (MIC) of the plant extracts was examined by varying the concentrations between 0.1 and 10.0 mg/mL. For MIC, assay was performed in 96-well dilution method. Eighty milliliters of plant extracts with each concentration were added into each well that containing 100 μL of NB. After that, 20 μL of bacterial suspension (1.5 × 108 cfu/mL) was transferred into a 96-well plate. After incubation, the smallest concentration of plant extracts that inhibited the bacterial growth was evaluated by observing–measuring turbidity, called MIC values. To evaluate the MBC, the wells which did not present any visible growth (clear solution) were collected from each well using an inoculation loop and resubculture on NA. After incubation, the smallest concentration that no visible bacterial growth was noted as the MBC values. The assays were done in triplicate.[17]
Time-kill kinetic analysis
Time-kill kinetics assay was analyzed using the MIC values, which evaluated before the experiment. The test strain in late logarithmic growth phase was diluted the bacterial concentration in a serial ten-fold dilutions ranging of 10−3 and 10−4 from 1.5 × 108 cfu/mL. Eighty microliters of the extract at 1xMIC, 2xMIC, and 3xMIC was put into each well that containing 100 μL of NB supplemented with 20 μL of each diluted bacterial cells suspension and incubated at 37°C. Hundred milliliters of aliquot were taken from the mixture solution at 3, 6, 9, and 18 h and spread onto NA and then incubated at the same condition. The colonies were counted and compared with control in terms of cfu/mL.[18]
| Results and Discussion | | |
Yield extracts
The yield of plant extracts is demonstrated in [Table 1]. Data indicated that the yield content of AT has the highest levels at 16.63% followed by CV was 12.73%, whereas the crude extract of CA could only extract of 1.53% [Table 1]. An experimental is manage to obtain crude extracts with high product and lower change to the characteristics of crude plant extracts.[19] Some scientist documented that the influence of different plants and the type of residue on extraction yield were more essential than the solvent system on extraction yield.[20] Therefore, the selection of suitable extraction technique and solvent was considered.[21],[22]
Antibacterial activity
The CS extracts (10 mg/mL) showed the most effective in reducing the growth of A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp. with the zone of inhibition of 14.5 ± 0.50 and 12.5 ± 0.87 mm, while the rhizome extracts of AG were potent antimicrobial activity against Streptomyces sp. with the clearing zones of 13.83 ± 0.76 mm [Table 1] and [Figure 1]. Several studies have demonstrated that CS has potential against broad bacterial strains as well as fungal pathogens (Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger).[23],[24] Moreover, the A. galanga extracts have been showed against bacterial pathogens such as gastrointestinal tract pathogens, respiratory tract pathogens, and skin pathogens.[25] | Figure 1: The inhibition zone of plant extracts against fish pathogens. (a) aCS extracts and ccinnamon extracts against A. hydrophila, (b) eCS extracts and fCC extracts against Streptomyces sp., (c) gAG extracts and hCC extracts against Streptomyces sp. bgentamycin, d5%DMSO
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Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity
Previous results, the ethanolic extracts of CS demonstrated the antibacterial activity against A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp., whereas the AG extracts had potent inhibitory effect against Streptomyces only. Therefore, this experiment was aimed to investigate MIC and MBC of both extracts (CS and AG) against A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp. Results displayed that the CS extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against A. hydrophila and Streptomyces with the MIC and MBC values of 1.25 and 2.50 mg/mL, and also represented the concentration of 5.0 and 10.0 mg/mL (MBC values), while the concentration of AG extracts at 2.50 and 10.0 mg/mL showed MIC and MBC activity with Streptomyces sp. [Table 2]. This experiment similar with some reported because the ethanol and water extracts of CS had an inhibitory effect against bacterial pathogens.[26] In addition, Voravuthikunchai et al.[27] noted that the MBC values of AG extracts against S. aureus, in contrast with the present report showed that the MBC of AG extracts against Streptomyces sp. was 10 mg/mL. Accordingly, variation in MIC and MBC values of different plant extracts may arise from variation in their method of extraction, tested organisms, feed inoculum, growth condition, and culture media that was used and bioactive compounds that were found in plant extract.[28],[29] | Table 2: The Bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity of plant extracts against fish pathogens
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Time-killing kinetics
To evaluate time-killing activity, this assay was performed over a period of 18 h with both fish bacteria and crude extracts at the concentration of 1xMIC, 2xMIC, and 3xMIC, respectively. As a result, time-kill curve was plotted between the logarithmic number of cfu/mL and incubation time. At 3xMIC concentration, CS extracts greatly showed decrease in amount of viable A. hydrophila and Streptomyces sp. at 9–18 h. In addition, AG extracts at the concentration of 2xMIC and 3xMIC could inhibit the bacterial cell viability of Streptomyces sp. at 9–18 h when compared with the 1xMIC and the negative control, respectively [Figure 2]. From the time, killing analysis exposed the degree of time-dependent microbial inhibition that was different between bacteria and plant extracts.[29],[30] Accordingly, the ability of antibacterial properties may be considered by plant secondary metabolites and response to microbial infection.[31] | Figure 2: Time-kill kinetics of various concentration of plant extracts against fish pathogens. (a) AG: Streptomyces sp., (b) CS: Streptomyces sp., (c) CS: Aeromonas hydrophila
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| Conclusion | | |
C. sappan and A. galangal seem to be the most promising medicinal plant for control fish pathogens disease. Therefore, further study is needed to test synergistic interaction between plant extracts and commercial agents as well as chemical properties and pharmacological activities.
Financial support and sponsorship
This project was supported by Faculty of Integrative Medicine, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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