| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 78, 2019
2018 International Seminar on Food Safety and Environmental Engineering (FSEE 2018)
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| Article Number | 01004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Nutrition and Health, Medical Treatment and Biomedical Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20197801004 | |
| Published online | 15 January 2019 | |
Plantain Herb Extracts significantly attenuate the quorum sensing-controlled virulence factors and inhibit biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
School of Biosciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative organism that can survive under harsh conditions, and it is also an opportunistic pathogen that can produce cell-associated extracellular virulence factors. Several of these virulence factors have been demonstrated to be regulated by quorum sensing (QS). Plantain Herb has been used as antibacterial agents for many centuries in China. In this study, we analyzed Plantain Herb Extracts (PHE) at the concentration of 16 μg/mL (Group A, MIC), 8 μg/mL (Group B, 1/2 MIC) and 4 μg/mL (Group C, 1/4 MIC) for inhibition of the virulence factors production and biofilm formation in P. aeruginosa PAO1. The virulence factors included pyocyanin, rhamnolipids, protease and alginate. PHE showed significant inhibition of virulence factors as compared to the control group without interfering its growth. Thus, PHE might be a potent QS inhibitor and anti-biofilm agent in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.
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