Avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana e citotóxica da biflorina frente a micro-organismos orais e a uma linhagem de célula cancerígena da cavidade bucal

Abstract

Phytochemical investigations led to the isolation and characterization of biflorin that among the compounds already isolated from Capraria biflora, showed promise with a powerful antimicrobial and antitumor activity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of biflorin on the oral cavity microorganisms and cytotoxic activity on cancer cell lineage of the oral cavity. The screening of antimicrobial activity biflorin was performed by diffusion technique in agar with the microorganisms Streptococcus mutans ATCC25175, Streptococcus salivarius ATCC7073, Streptococcus oralis ATCC10557 and Lactobacillus paracasei ATCC335. The quantification of the antimicrobial activity was performed by broth microdilution technique to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). To evaluate the cytotoxicity of cancer lineage of the oral cavity was used cell line CAL-27 and the Alamar blue assay. In the agar diffusion test, biflorin presented antimicrobial activity against all evaluated microorganisms. The greatest antimicrobial activity was observed in trials with Lactobacillus paracasei and lower in trials with Streptococcus salivarius. Whereas biflorin was active against all tested micro-organisms, it determined the minimum inhibitory concentration. In the microdilution test biflorin showed lower MIC against Streptococcus mutans (MIC = 0,70μg/mL) and Streptococcus salivarius (MIC 3,125 μg/mL). While the 2% chlorhexidine was effective in its lower dilution (0,015%) of all tested bacteria. In Alamar blue cytotoxicity assay, the IC50 value of biflorin on the CAL 27 in 72 hours was 3.69 (3.17 to 4.30μM/mL) and Doxorubicin (control) was 0.039 (0.036- 0.088 μM/mL).The results suggest that biflorin can be incorporated in dental applications and products for the treatment of cancers of the oral cavity, but it is necessary to continue the research in this area with this substance