The increasing use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) due to their well-known antimicrobial activity, has led to their accumulation in soil ecosystems. However, the impact of environmental realistic concentrations of AgNPs on the soil microbial community has been scarcely studied. In this work, we have assessed the impact of AgNPs, that mimic real concentrations in nature, on tropical soils cultivated with Coffea arabica under conventional and organic management systems. We evaluated the biomass, extracellular enzyme activities, and diversity of the soil microbial community, in a microcosm experiment as a function of time. After seven days of incubation, we found an increase in microbial biomass in an AgNPs-concentration-independent manner. In contrast, after 60-day-incubation, there was a decrease in Gram+ and actinobacterial biomass, in both soils and all AgNPs concentrations. Soil physico-chemical properties and enzyme activities were not affected overall by AgNPs. Regarding the microbial community composition, only some differences in the relative abundance at phylum and genus level in the fungal community were observed. Our results suggest that environmental concentrations of AgNPs affected microbial biomass but had little impact on microbial diversity and may have little effects on the soil biogeochemical cycles mediated by extracellular enzyme activities.
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- Bacteria klasifikace účinky léků enzymologie genetika MeSH
- bakteriální geny MeSH
- beta-glukosidasa chemie MeSH
- biomasa MeSH
- kovové nanočástice toxicita MeSH
- kyselá fosfatasa chemie MeSH
- látky znečišťující půdu toxicita MeSH
- mikrobiota účinky léků MeSH
- půdní mikrobiologie MeSH
- RNA ribozomální 16S MeSH
- stříbro toxicita MeSH
- ureasa chemie MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
For decades, Hibiscus sabdariffa L. and its phytochemicals have been shown to possess a wide range of pharmacologic properties. In this study, aqueous extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa (AEHS) and its bioactive constituent protocatechuic acid (PCA), have been evaluated in vitro for their antiviral activity against HSV-2 clinical isolates and anti-enzymatic activity against urease. Antiherpetic activity was evaluated by the titer reduction assay in infected Vero cells, and cytotoxicity was evaluated by the neutral red dye-uptake method. Anti-urease activity was determined by a developed Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS)-based assay. PCA showed potent anti-HSV-2 activity compared with that of acyclovir, with EC50 values of 0.92 and 1.43 µg∙mL(-1), respectively, and selectivity indices > 217 and > 140, respectively. For the first time, AEHS was shown to exert anti-urease inhibition activity, with an IC50 value of 82.4 µg∙mL(-1). This, combined with its safety, could facilitate its use in practical applications as a natural urease inhibitor. Our results present Hibiscus sabdariffa L. and its bioactive compound PCA as potential therapeutic agents in the treatment of HSV-2 infection and the treatment of diseases caused by urease-producing bacteria.
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- acyklovir farmakologie MeSH
- antivirové látky chemie izolace a purifikace farmakologie MeSH
- Cercopithecus aethiops MeSH
- Hibiscus chemie MeSH
- hmotnostní spektrometrie s elektrosprejovou ionizací MeSH
- inhibiční koncentrace 50 MeSH
- inhibitory enzymů chemie izolace a purifikace farmakologie MeSH
- kinetika MeSH
- lidský herpesvirus 2 účinky léků MeSH
- polyfenoly chemie izolace a purifikace farmakologie MeSH
- preklinické hodnocení léčiv MeSH
- rostlinné extrakty chemie izolace a purifikace farmakologie MeSH
- ureasa antagonisté a inhibitory chemie MeSH
- Vero buňky MeSH
- vysokoúčinná kapalinová chromatografie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
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- antibakteriální látky imunologie terapeutické užití MeSH
- bakteriální léková rezistence genetika imunologie účinky léků MeSH
- bakteriocinové plazmidy genetika imunologie škodlivé účinky MeSH
- Enterococcus genetika klasifikace účinky léků MeSH
- finanční podpora výzkumu jako téma MeSH
- rezistence na ampicilin genetika imunologie účinky léků MeSH
- rezistence na chloramfenikol genetika imunologie účinky léků MeSH
- rezistence na kanamycin genetika imunologie účinky léků MeSH
- ureasa fyziologie chemie MeSH
