Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Chinese sumac (Rhus typhina L.) fruit extract |
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| Authors: | Rima Kossah Hao Zhang Wei Chen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;2. Biomedical Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine;4. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine;1. Department of Biophysics, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bialystok, 15-950 Bialystok, Poland;2. Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-236 Lodz, Poland;3. Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Science of Republic of Uzbekistan, 100143, Tashkent, Uzbekistan;1. Student Research Committee, Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;2. Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Nutritional Sciences and Food Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;3. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;4. Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Korramabad, Iran;5. School of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROC;6. Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;1. Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada;2. Guelph Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 93 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON N1G 5C9, Canada;1. Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran;2. Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China;3. Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, Qi Institute, Jiaxing, P.R. China;4. Halberg Hospital and Research Center, Civil Lines, Moradabad, India;5. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;6. Endocrinology and Metabolism Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;7. Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Sumac plant (Rhus typhina) is mainly used for forestation and gardening, whereas its fruit can be used to prepare a kind of beverage called “sumac-ade” and to treat gastrointestinal disorders. This study aimed at assaying the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of R. typhina growing in China. The antimicrobial activity of R. typhina fruit extract was tested against twelve strains including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as yeasts. The extract showed a strong antimicrobial activity with a concentration-dependence and a broad antimicrobial spectrum for all tested bacteria species. Bacillus cereus and Helicobacter pylori were found to be the most sensitive Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria respectively, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.10%. However, yeasts exhibited much lower sensitivity, with MICs of 0.60–0.75%. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity of the extract was investigated, including scavenging activity of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals (0.016 mg/ml as IC50 value) and reducing power (IC50 value of 0.041 mg/ml). To our knowledge, this is the first report on the biological activities of R. typhina fruit extract and our findings suggest the possibility of using the fruit of R. typhina as a novel source of natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents for the food and pharmaceutical industries. |
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