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Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Cytotoxic Activity of Different Extracts of Xanthoparmelia stenophylla Lichen from Stara Planina, Serbia.

Aleksandar KocovicJovana N JeremićJovana V BradicMiroslav SovrlićJovica TomovićPerica VasiljevicMarijana AndjicNevena DraginicMirjana GrujovicKatarina MladenovicDejan BaskićSuzana PopovicSanja MaticVladimir ZivkovicNevena JeremicJakovljevic Lj VladimirNedeljko Manojlovic
Published in: Plants (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
The aim of this study was to identify some of the secondary metabolites present in acetonic, methanolic, and hexanic extracts of lichen Xanthoparmelia stenophylla and to examine their antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic activity. Compounds of the depsid structure of lecanoric acid, obtusic acid, and atranorin as well as usnic acid with a dibenzofuran structure were identified in the extracts by HPLC. The acetone extract was shown to have the highest total phenolic (167.03 ± 1.12 mg GAE/g) and total flavonoid content (178.84 ± 0.93 mg QE/g) as well as the best antioxidant activity (DPPH IC 50 = 81.22 ± 0.54). However, the antimicrobial and antibiofilm tests showed the best activity of hexanic extract, especially against strains of B. cereus , B. subtilis, and S. aureus (MIC < 0.08, and 0.3125 mg/mL, respectively). Additionally, by using the MTT method, the acetonic extract was reported to exhibit a strong cytotoxic effect on the HeLa and HCT-116 cell lines, especially after 72 h (IC 50 = 21.17 ± 1.85 and IC 50 = 21.48 ± 3.55, respectively). The promising antioxidant, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic effects of Xanthoparmelia stenophylla extracts shown in the current study should be further investigated in vivo and under clinical conditions.
Keyphrases
  • oxidative stress
  • anti inflammatory
  • staphylococcus aureus
  • ms ms
  • escherichia coli