In vitro bactericidal and anticancer activity of new metabolite, ARK42, isolated from Aspergillus repens K42

Je Won Park, Beom Seok Song, Dojin Ryu, Chan Lee, Young Bae Kim

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    Abstract

    A novel antibacteria metabolite, ARK42, was isolated from a xerophilic fungal strain K42, and identified as Aspergillus repens based on its morphological characteristics. The metabolite exhibited antibacterial activities towards Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with MICs of 25, 12.5, and 3.125 μg/ml, respectively, and killed Pseudomonas aeruginosa with minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) of 12.5 μg/ml. Furthermore, anticancer activities were demonstrated against human colon cancer DLD-1 and lung cancer LXFL529 cells with an IC50 of 10 and 1 μg/ml, respectively.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1017-1021
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of microbiology and biotechnology
    Volume12
    Issue number6
    Publication statusPublished - 2002 Dec

    Keywords

    • Anticancer activity
    • Aspergillus repens
    • Bactericidal activity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biotechnology
    • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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