Antibacterial Activity for Synthesized Coumarin Derivatives and a Coumarin Component of Lime Peel ( Citrus aurantifolia ).

In this study, we investigated the antibacterial activity of the coumarin component isolated from lime peel and coumarin derivatives synthesized using various techniques against eight types of food-poisoning bacteria. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for the 3b [5,7-dihydroxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin] derivative was measured as 1.5 mM in Bacillus cereus, Micrococcus luteus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ; that for the 3c [7-hydroxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin] derivative was 1.7 mM in Enterococcus facium ; and that for the 3n [dicoumarol] derivative was 1.2 mM in L. monocytogenes . These results confirmed that coumarin derivatives with CF 3 and OH substituents had enhanced antibacterial activity.