Chemical characterization and antimicrobial activity of Campomanesia aurea against three strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Caracterização química e atividade antimicrobiana de Campomanesia aurea contra três cepas de Listeria monocytogenes

Abstract

The essential oil (EO) composition of leaves of Campomanesia aurea was analyzed by GC-MS. The plant was collected in April (EOA) and October (EOO) in São Francisco de Assis/RS. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation in a modified Clevenger apparatus. The yields were 4.44% in April, and 6.15%, in October. Thirty-one compounds were identified in EOA, accounting for 96.87% of the total, and twenty-eight compounds were identified in EOO, accounting for 99.46% of the total. For EOA, the major identified monoterpene was p-cymene (8.33%) and the major identified sesquiterpene was α-cadinol (10.72%), while regarding EOO the major identified monoterpene was repeatedly Terpinolene (3.43%), whereas the major identified sesquiterpene was α-cadinol (12.79%). The antibacterial activity of the essential oil was evaluated against the three Listeria monocytogenes from the American Type Culture Collection (strains ATCC 7644, 19114 and 13932). The essential oil showed a MIC of 10 mg/mL against the strains ATCC 7644 and 19114, with bacteriostatic effect of 20 mg/mL and a MIC of 20 mg/mL for ATCC 13932. Regarding the antibiofilm activity, o EOO showed the best results with an inhibition of 90% in the sessile growth with an applied concentration of 4.0 mg/mL.

Keywords:
essential oil; Pampa biome; antimicrobial activity; Campomanesia aurea; Listeria monocytogenes

Resumo

O óleo essencial (EO) das folhas de Campomanesia aurea foi analisado por CG-EM. O A planta foi coletada em abril (OEA) e outubro (OEO) em São Francisco de Assis/RS. Os óleos essenciais foram obtidos por hidrodestilação em aparelho Clevenger modificado. Os rendimentos foram de 4,44% em abril e 6,15% em outubro. Trinta e um compostos foram identificados no EOA, representando 96,87% do total, e vinte e oito compostos foram identificados no EOO, representando 99,46% do total. Para EOA, o principal monoterpeno identificado foi o p-cimeno (8,33%) e o principal sesquiterpeno identificado foi o α-candinol (10,72%), enquanto o EOO o maior monoterpeno identificado foi repetidamente Terpinolene (3,43%), enquanto o sesquiterpeno principal identificado foi α-cadinol (12,79%). A atividade antibacteriana do óleo essencial foi avaliada contra as três cepas de Listeria monocytogenes obtidas a partir da American Type Culture Collection (isolados ATCC 7644, 19114 and 13932). O óleo essencial apresentou uma CIM de 10 mg/mL contra as cepas ATCC 7644. e 19114, com efeito bacteriostático de 20 mg/mL e MIC de 20 mg/mL para ATCC 13932. Quanto à atividade antibiofilme, o EOO apresentou os melhores resultados com uma inibição de 90% no crescimento séssil com uma concentração aplicada de 4,0 mg/mL.

Palavras-chave:
óleo essencial; bioma Pampa; atividade antimicrobiana; Campomanesia aurea; Listeria monocytogenes

1. Introduction

Campomanesia aurea O. Berg (Myrtaceae) is popularly known as “goiabinha-do-campo” (Lorenzi et al., 2006) and is a native plant in Brazil, which possess ornamental potential, occurring from the region of Cerrado in the south of the state São Paulo to the region Pampa, located at the south of the state Rio Grande do Sul (RS) (Emer et al., 2018; Sobral et al., 2013). In the literature, species of the genus Campomanesia sp. are related to folk medicine for different purposes, as for example the leaves of Campomanesia adamantium (Cambess) O.Berg are commonly used for treatment of urinary tract infections, whereas the use of Campomanesia xanthocarpa is recommended against high triglyceride and cholesterol levels, urethritis, cystitis, as well as reduction of glycaemia, or treatment of intestinal transit and rectal prolapses. The species Campomanesia aurea is used in respect to its astringent effect and as a fragrant, when the leaves and tree barks are used (Coutinho et al., 2010; Feijó et al., 2012; Mentz et al., 1997).

The bacterial species Listeria monocytogenes is principally related to ingestion of contaminated food. This pathogen can grow in a wide range of temperature and pH (1 °C to 45 °C and pH 4.3 to 9.6), as well as tolerating elevated salt concentrations, which hampers its elimination (Hamidiyan et al., 2018). L. monocytogenes is known to cause the disease listeriosis, which affects principally immunocompromised patients, thereby having a mortality rate of 30%. Furthermore, the bacteria bear the ability for biofilm formation, and by this way developing resistance to sanitizers and antimicrobial agents, thus provoking serious problems to food industries (Oliveira et al., 2016b; Rogalla and Bomar, 2018; Marini et al., 2018).

The increasing development of multi resistant bacteria may be consequently the inefficiency of the already existent antibiotics, thus leading to an elevated effort in the research field for plant derived bioactive compounds, which was our focus in the present study, evaluating the antimicrobial potential of Campomanesia aurea. Plant species of the family Myrtaceae, just as the genus Campomanesia sp. are widely studied, due to their range of secondary metabolites, which are related to different biological activities, but with a special emphasis for the antimicrobial activity against L. monocytogenes. The essential oils of the species of the genus Eucalyptus sp. (E. camaldulensis, E. astringens, E. leucoxylon, E. lehmannii, E. rudis, E. cinereal and E. sideroxylon) showed expressive activity levels against Listeria strains (Figueiredo et al., 2019; Sebei et al., 2015). Victória et al. (2012) evaluated the antimicrobial potential against L. monocytogenes ATCC 19117 and encountered promising results for regarding antimicrobial activity.

For these reasons, the present study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of C. aurea, collected at two different times of the year, against the strains Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19114, 13932 and 7644.

2. Material and Methods

2.1. Plant material

The leaves of Campomanesia aurea were collected in São Francisco de Assis (29°33’00” S, 55°07’51” W) in the months of April and October of 2017. The identification of this material was done by Prof. Dr. E. M. de Freitas and one specimen of the plant material was archived in the herbarium of the Museum of Natural Sciences (Museu de Ciências Naturais) of the University of Vale do Taquari – RS – Brazil, under the code HVAT 5093.

2.2. Obtainment of the essential oil

The essential oil of C. aurea was extracted by hydrodistillation using a modified Clevenger apparatus. A quantity of 150 g of leaves were boiled in water at a proportion of 1:20, for 3.5 h. The essential oil was removed with gravity, then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and kept in amber flasks, at –6 °C, until further chemical or biological examinations.

2.3. Chemical analysis of the essential oil

Samples of EOA and EOO were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) (Kauffmann et al., 2017), at the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory, Food Processing Development Centre - FPDC, Univates. Analysis was performed on a Shimadzu GC2010 Plus system, comprising a model AOC-5000 Plus auto injector and a model QP2110 Ultra mass detector, using a Restek Rtx®-5MS fused silica capillary column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d.; 0.25 μm film thickness). The chromatographic conditions were: carrier gas - helium at a flow rate of 1.00 mL/min; oven temperature - initially at 50 °C and increased at 4 °C/min to 290 °C; injector temperature –240 °C; injection mode - split with 1:20 ratio and 3 mL/min purge; MS interface temperature –280 °C; ion source temperature –260 °C; ionization energy - 70 eV. Oil samples (15 mg) were dissolved in 1.5 mL of purified ethyl acetate and aliquots of 1 μL were injected for analysis. GC analysis with flame ionization detection (FID) was carried out using an Agilent J&W HP-5MS column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d.; 0.25 µm film thickness) with helium as carrier gas, a FID temperature of 260 °C and an oven temperature program as described for the GC-MS procedure.

Separated components were initially identified by their Kováts retention indices (RI), determined by a series of n-alkanes as a reference (Van Den Dool and Dec. Kratz, 1963). Their identities were confirmed by comparison of the mass spectral data with those obtained using pure standards together with values quoted in the literature (Adams, 2012) and data stored in the Wiley 8 and NIST11 spectral libraries of the analytical system. The relative composition of the oils was calculated from the peak areas (uncorrected for specific response factors) of the separated components.

2.4. Bacterial isolates

To evaluate the antimicrobial potential, Listeria monocytogenes isolates, stored at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) were used (ATCC 7644; 19114 and 13932). The microorganisms could be obtained in lyophilized form from the Laboratory for Reference Microorganisms of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Laboratório de Microrganismos de Referência da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) – FIOCRUZ. The bacterial strains were cultivated on Listeria specific supplemented Oxford Agar Base and incubated at 37 °C for 24 hours.

2.5. Preparation and standardization of the inoculums

The resuspended isolates of L. monocytogenes were transferred to sterile Petri dishes containing supplemented Oxford Agar Base and incubated at 37 °C ± 1 °C for 24 hours. Thereafter, the inoculums for the MIC and antibiofilm assays were prepared in test tubes containing 10 mL of sterile 0.85% saline solution and mixed for 1 minute using a vortex agitator. To standardize the inoculums, the turbidity was measured by UV/visible spectrophotometry (Thermo Fisher Scientific, model G10S UV-VIS CAT 840-208100, SN 2L5Q326116) at 625 nm. An obtained absorbance between 0.08-0.13 indicated a bacterial density of 1.5 x 10⁸ CFU/mL, corresponding to a value of 0.5 at the nephelometric McFarland scale.

2.6. Minimal inhibitory concentration and minimal bactericidal concentration

The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined using the broth dilution methodology in sterile 96-well microtiter plates (CLSI, 2012) and performed in triplicate with each bacterial strain. Initially, an aliquot of the essential oil prepared in TWIN 80® was transferred to a test tube containing TSB broth. 100 μL of the microbial suspension (1.5 × 10⁶ CFU/mL) and 100 µL of essential oil solubilized in water and 0.8% of TWIN 80 (40 µL/mL) was added to each well. Then, serial dilutions were performed resulting in concentrations of 20-0.625 mg/mL. The plates were incubated at 37 °C for 24 h. As a negative control for broth sterility and bacterial growth, wells without bacterial inoculum were prepared. Chloramphenicol was used as a positive control to prevent bacterial growth.

After incubation in a bacteriological incubator (37 °C for 24 hours), 16 µL 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT, Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) (dissolved in sterile phosphate buffered saline solution up to a concentration of 5 mg/mL) was added to each well. The MIC was defined as the minor sample concentration in the test resulting in complete inhibition of microbial growth.

The MBC was realized by inoculation of supplemented Oxford Agar with all well contents, for which no red coloring could be observed. Subsequently, the plates were incubated (37 °C for 24 hours). The concentration of the essential oils, which inhibited bacterial growth, was considered as the MBC.

2.7. Antibiofilm activity

For evaluation of the antibiofilm potential, strains of the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC 7644; 13932; 19114) were used. To determine bacterial adhesion ability 96-well microtiter plates with flat bottom (Corning Incorporated, USA) were used as a model made of hydrophobic material. The bacteria were cultivated on Oxford Agar overnight in an incubator at 37 °C. Thereafter, for use in the assays, a bacterial suspension with sterile saline solution was prepared, corresponding to 3 x 10⁸ CFU/mL.

2.8. Antibiofilm activity assay

To realize the antibiofilm activity assays there was used the methodology of Trentin et al. (2011). To each well of the microtiter plate were added 80 µL of the bacterial suspension, 40 µL of the essential oil sample and 80 µL of tryptone soy broth (TSB) (Oxoid Ltd., England). The samples were tested at concentrations of 0.4 mg/mL and 4.0 mg/mL. The plates were incubated at 37 °C, for 24 hours. Thereafter, the content of the wells was discarded, and the wells were washed for three times with sterile saline solution. The plate was placed into an incubator at 60 °C for one hour to fix the formed biofilm. The biofilm was stained with a 0.4% crystal violet solution and incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes. Thereafter, 200 µL of ethanol (Synth®, Brazil) were added to solubilize the dye and the absorbance was measured at 570 nm with a microtiter plate reader (SpectraMax i3x Multimode Microplate Reader, Molecular Devices, USA).

The absorbance of the growth control, for which the essential oil sample was substituted by adding 40 µL of sterile water, was considered as 100% biofilm formation, and were used as a baseline to calculate the inhibition of the biofilm formation for the analyzed samples. Values above 100% were evaluated as stimulation of the biofilm formation compared to the growth control.

2.9. Bacterial growth assay

The growth of planktonic bacteria was determined by the difference of the absorbance, measured at 600 nm using a microplate reader (SpectraMax i3x Multimode Microplate Reader, Molecular Devices, USA) at time point zero and after 24 hours.

To the bacterial growth control were added 40 µL sterile water instead of the sample, and this positive control was considered as 100% planktonic bacterial growth. Values above 100% were evaluated as stimulation of bacterial growth with respect to the control. As a negative control for bacterial growth, gentamycin 0.16 mg/mL (Sigma-Aldrich Co., USA) and vancomycin 0.16 mg/mL (Sigma-Aldrich Co., USA) were utilized.

2.10. Statistical analysis

The samples were analyzed in quadruplicate, and the experiments realized in triplicate. The results were expressed as mean percentage ± standard deviation. The significance of the differences between the samples was calculated with t-Student test, using the software BioEstat 5.0, and considering values of p ≤ 0.05 as significant difference.

3. Results and Discussion

The yield of the essential oils of the plant species, collected in São Francisco de Assis/RS was 4.44% for the oil obtained in April (EOA), and 6.15% for the oil obtained in October (EOO).

3.1. Characterization of the constituents of the essential oils

In terms of analysis of the essential oils, 31 components could be identified for the oil collected in April (EOA), and 28 components for the plant material collected in October (EOO), comprising monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes (Table 1).

Table 1
Chemical constituents of the essential oils obtained from the leaves of Campomanesia aurea, collected in April and October in São Francisco de Assis/RS.

Compound	RI exp. a	RI lit. b	Relative composition (%)
			April	October
α-Thujene	929	930	1.59	2.70
α-Pinene	936	939	6.80	6.68
β-Pinene	978	979	4.85	6.61
Myrcene	991	990		0.93
α-Phellandrene	1006	1002		1.68
δ-3-Carene	1012	1013		0.27
α-Terpinene	1017	1017		1.58
p-Cymene	1024	1024	8.33	0.97
Limonene	1028	1029	2.00	1.22
1,8-Cineole	1031	1031	5.13	2.14
β-(E)-Ocimene	1047	1050		0.29
γ-Terpinene	1057	1059	3.03	6.03
Cis-linalool oxide	1072	1072	0.41
Terpinolene	1088	1088	3.46	9.83
Linalool	1100	1096	6.77	9.12
Terpinene-4-ol	1178	1177	4.85	2.33
p-Cymen-8-ol	1186	1182	0.99
α-Terpineol	1192	1188	7.38	4.32
Ethyl geranate	1386	1395	0.79
(E)-Cariofilene	1420	1419	0.53	0.86
α-Humulene	1454	1454	0.67	0.61
allo-Aromadendrene	1462	1460	2.38	2.00
Bicyclogermacrene	1499	1500	1.76
α-Muurolene	1503	1500	1.24	1.29
γ-Cadinene	1515	1513	1.80	1.00
δ-Cadinene	1525	1523	5.95	8.99
(E)-Nerolidol	1564	1563	1.11	2.34
Palustrol	1569	1568	0.60
Spathulenol	1579	1578	4.20
n.i.c	1585	1585	2.42
n.i.	1600	1600	0.71
Ledol	1606	1602	1.25
1-epi-Cubenol	1631	1628	1.53
epi-α-Muurolol	1645	1642	7.92	8.24
α-Muurolol	1649	1646	1.38	0.96
α-Cadinol	1658	1654	10.72	12.79
n.i.	1782	1782		1.13
(E,E)-Geranyl linalool	2031	2027		0.53
Total identified			96.87	99.46
Total of hydrocarbon monoterpenes			30.06	38.79
Total of oxygenated monoterpenes			25.53	18.70
Total of hydrocarbon sesquiterpenes			12.57	16.51
Total of oxygenated sesquiterpenes			28.71	25.46
Other oxygenated compounds				0.53

• ^a
  Experimental retention index;
• ^b
  Retention index according to literature (Adams, 2012);
• ^c
  Not identified.

Miranda et al. (2016) highlights the monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes as the principal constituents encountered in essential oils, which corroborate with the obtained data in this study. It could be observed that the collected oil in the cold period showed the highest quantity of hydrocarbon monoterpenes. By contrast, the oxygenated monoterpenes were the main components of the collected samples in the heat period.

In the present study, the compound 1,8-cineole was observed in both sample collections, showing a concentration of 5.13% for the EOA, and 2.14% for the EOO, which may explain, that the oil produced in April had higher activity than that of the plant material collected in October. However, the other substances encountered in lower proportions within the essential oils, additionally can have impact to the biological activity. Accordingly, the potential depends on the activity of this constituent, or its possible synergism with the other components of the oil (Castro et al., 2016; Lima et al., 2014). It also could be observed, that in both collections, the identified main component of the essential oils was α-cadinol, with 10.72% and 12.79% respectively.

Regarding the characterization of the oils by GC/MS, it could be observed, that the EOA presented a higher total quantity of oxygenated monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, compared to the EOO.

Besides the main compound α-cadinol in both oils (EOA and EOO), there were also identified the substances α-pinene, β-pinene, p-cymene, 1,8-cineole, terpinolene, linalool, α-terpineol, γ-cadinene and epi-α-muurolol in higher proportion. One fact, that stands out, is that 10 of the identified constituents in the EOA were not present in the EOO. These data corroborate with those of the study of Cerqueira et al. (2009), where the seasonal variation of the essential oil composition of Myrcia salzmannii Berg. (Myrtaceae) was evaluated. As one sampling took place in February, and the other in October, likewise a decrease of the components could be observed in October, characterized as the end of winter, compared to the month February as the end of summer, which indicates, that the difference of the chemical composition can be attributed to the climatic changes of these two seasons. During different seasons, the compounds α-phellandrene, δ-3-carene, α-terpinene, 1,8-cineole, β-(E)-ocimene and (E,E)-geranyl linalool could be identified as compounds related to the winter, as there were no detectable in the sampling material of April. Cis-linalool oxide, p-cymen-8-ol, ethyl geranate, bicyclogermacrene, palustrol, spathulenol, ledol and 1-epi-cubenol, were only identified as a constituent of the essential oil collected in summer. Spathulenol is related to various activities, amongst them antimicrobial activity for the genus Campomanesia (Pastori et al., 2013; Oliveira et al., 2016a). By the fact, that this compound was present in the EOA, but absent in EOO, it could be responsible for the higher activity of the EOA, obtained in summer.

3.2. Antimicrobial activity

By comparison of the results for the essential oils of C. aurea against the three L. monocytogenes strains ATCC 7644 and ATCC 19114, the EOA showed a higher activity as the EOO, thus it could be observed, that the result was the same for all three strains with a MIC of 10 mg/mL without any bactericide effect, however, bacteriostatic effect at the concentrations of 20 mg/mL and 10 mg/mL. At concentrations < 10 mg/mL there was no activity. For the strain L. monocytogenes ATCC 13932, the activity of the EOA was lower than for the other tested strains, showing a MIC of 20 mg/mL, furthermore no bactericide potential, nor bacteriostatic effect at a concentration of 20 mg/mL. Values < 20 µg/mL for the EOA did not show any activity. For the EOO, there could not be shown any activity at the tested concentrations, thus suggesting higher virulence of the strain ATCC 13932.

Some studies indicated that the essential oils have antimicrobial activity against many pathogens, regarding bacteria, as well as fungi (Ferronatto et al., 2007; Santurio et al., 2011). Marini et al. (2018), tested the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Cannabis sativa against Listeria monocytogenes, and obtained the MBC ≥ 2.048 mg/mL, thus suggested bactericidal activity due to the presence of the identified main compounds of the oil, myrcene and α-pinene. These two substances could also be identified in the present study, specifically the α-pinene in both oils (EOA and EOO) and the myrcene only in the EOO.

Oxygenated monoterpenes are shown to be the principal constituents of essential oils, possessing antimicrobial activity against various microorganisms, implying L. monocytogenes, which can be specifically related to the chemical constituents 4-terpineol and 1,8-cineole; a result, which was also encountered in this study (Castro et al., 2016; Silva et al., 2019).

Differences between the essential oils could be observed, however, it was not possible to recognize a specific reason. One can suspect, that due to the results, the essential oils showed a variation regarding the components within its composition, which occurred for different extractions and for different seasons, thus some components may possess specific ability to burst the barrier and penetrate the bacterial membrane, probably due to their hydrophobic character (Santurio et al., 2011).

These data corroborate with the findings of Ferraz et al. (2018), when they discussed, that there are chemical differences between different plant species, and even between members of the same species, however, observational cultivated during different times of the year. These plants showed different arising constituents of their secondary metabolism, resulting in different biological activities. In general, the antimicrobial effects occur due to structural and functional damages at the cytoplasmic membrane, principally through hydrophobicity of the substances, present in the essential oil, as well as influences in the enzymatic system and genetic material of the bacteria. Therefore, qualitative analysis of the essential oils can reveal potentially important substances enhancing control of bacterial growth and contamination, also to evaluate, if the compounds show a better activity when isolated or when associated as a consequence of synergistic effect (Doherty et al., 2011; Ferraz et al., 2018).

3.3. Antibiofilm activity

The oils of C. aurea showed significant activity against biofilm formation, as it can be consulted in Table 2.

Table 2
Antibiofilm activity of the essential oils of Campomanesia aurea, against Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 13932, 19114 and 7644.

ATCC 13932	Bacterial growth (%)		Biofilm formation (%)
	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL
EOA	118.11 ± 40.52	59.35 ± 8.35*	39.28 ± 4.73*	10.03 ± 3.21*
EOO	142.89 ± 2.22*	52.03 ± 11.15*	17.98 ± 4.31*	3.57 ± 0.41*
ATCC 19114	Bacterial growth (%)		Biofilm formation (%)
	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL
EOA	56.88 ± 15.46*	43.91 ± 4.79*	33.59 ± 3.93*	13.95 ± 1.92*
EOO	131.02 ± 16.84*	8.82 ± 1.17*	37.27 ± 3.12*	5.25 ± 0.57*
ATCC 7644	Bacterial growth (%)		Biofilm formation (%)
	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL	0.4 mg/mL	4 mg/mL
EOA	68.82 ± 8.02*	45.86 ± 0.34*	27.53 ± 6.73*	15.62 ± 3.19*
EOO	76.44 ± 0.65*	8.34 ± 4.74*	48.40 ± 7.81*	5.67 ± 0.04*

• ^*
  significant difference in relation to the growth control (p ≤ 0.05).

The essential oils of the species C. aurea showed significant results, underlining the efficiency of the EOO against the tested bacterial strains, with inhibition higher than 90% at a concentration of 4.0 mg/mL. Sessile growth was determined with 3.57% ± 0.41, 5.25% ± 0.57 and 5.63% ± 0.04, without interfering planktonic growth, for the strain ATCC 13932 for both oils (EOA and EOO), and for the strain ATCC 19114 for the EOO, respectively (Table 2).

The best results, regarding biofilm formation, could be obtained for the EOO at concentrations of 0.4 and 4 mg/mL (17.98% ± 4.31 and 3.57% ± 0.41%), against L. monocytogenes ATCC 13932. The second-best results could be encountered for the EOA with sessile growth of 10.03% ± 3.21 for strain ATCC 13932 (4.0 mg/mL) and of 27.53% ± 6.73 for strain ATCC 7644 (0.4 mg/mL).

The EOO showed significant activity for planktonic cell growth at a concentration of 4 mg/mL for L. monocytogenes ATCC 19114 and 7644. These data are in accordance with those, encountered by assaying the antimicrobial activity within this study.

Sá et al. (2018), evaluated the antimicrobial activity for Campomanesia adamantium against strains of Listeria, including the strain ATCC 7644, which showed a MIC of 0.03125 mg/L.

Plants, belonging to the family Myrtaceae are utilized in folk medicine regarding their diuretic action, as anti-fever, anti-rheumatic, and anti-inflammatory agent, and for control of glycemia, amongst many others (Victória et al., 2012; Simonetti, 2016).

In conclusion, considering the impact provoked by biofilm forming microorganisms, as the bacteria species L. monocytogenes, as well as the difficulties in removing such contaminants, the present study showed, that the essential oils of C. aurea exhibited higher antibiofilm activity compared to inhibition of planktonic growth. The EOO, even comprising a smaller number of constituents, showed higher activity when compared to the EOA. Therefore, being tested for the first time, the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of the EO of the native plant species C. aurea showed sufficient capability against L. monocytogenes, for what reason a prospective evaluation of the comprising oil components in separately may be worthwhile, because some can show an enhanced promising efficiency, and not only for antimicrobial or antibiofilm activity, but also in other research fields, studying plant derived bioactive components.

Acknowledgements

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  21 Feb 2020
• Date of issue
  Jan-Feb 2021

History

• Received
  13 Feb 2019
• Accepted
  04 Oct 2019