Antimicrobial and antileishmanial activities of hypocrellins A and B

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Nov;48(11):4450-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4450-4452.2004.

Abstract

Hypocrellins A and B were evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial and antileishmanial activities. Hypocrellin A exhibited promising activity against Candida albicans and moderate activity against Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium intracellulare. Hypocrellin B showed weak antimicrobial activities. Hypocrellin A exhibited potent antileishmanial activity, while hypocrellin B was only moderately active. These results of promising antifungal and antileishmanial activity of hypocrellin A may be useful for further structure-activity relationship and in vivo studies.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Leishmania donovani / drug effects*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Perylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Perylene / pharmacology*
  • Phenol
  • Quinones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Quinones
  • Phenol
  • Perylene
  • hypocrellin A
  • hypocrellin B