Extracts of Trichocline sinuata (Asteraceae) as natural sensitizers in the photodynamic inactivation of Candida albicans.
Photochem Photobiol
; 2023 Oct 25.
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Despite significant progress in the development of phototherapy drugs, it is widely recognized that natural products remain the primary source of new photoactive compounds. Exploring uncharted flora in the east-central region of Argentina may offer a vast array of opportunities to isolate new photoactive molecules or plant extracts with high potential for use in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) against Candida albicans. To assess the photofungicidal potential of T. sinuata ("contrayerba") against C. albicans, the extracts underwent spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis, resulting in the identification of furanocoumarin metabolites with similar spectrophotometric properties in all extracts. The extract profiles were created using UHPLC-DAD, and seven furanocoumarins (FCs) were detected. The highest photoinactivation against C. albicans was observed for dicholormethanic extracts (MFC = 62.5 µg/mL), equal to xanthotoxin employed as a positive control. Furthermore, we determine that photochemical mechanisms dependent on oxygen (type I and type II processes) and mechanisms independent of oxygen (photoadduct formation) are involved in the death of these yeasts. These results support the use of native plants of the east-central region of Argentina as potent sensitizers for aPDT and suggest that they can replace xanthotoxin in treating superficial yeast infections of the skin.
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MEDLINE
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Photochem Photobiol
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos