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. 2013 Oct 28;10(11):5459-69.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph10115459.

Antimicrobial effect of 7-O-butylnaringenin, a novel flavonoid, and various natural flavonoids against Helicobacter pylori strains

Sun Hee Moon  1 , Jae Hoon Lee, Kee-Tae Kim, Yong-Sun Park, Seung-Yeol Nah, Dong Uk Ahn, Hyun-Dong Paik
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Antimicrobial effect of 7-O-butylnaringenin, a novel flavonoid, and various natural flavonoids against Helicobacter pylori strains

Sun Hee Moon et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The antimicrobial effect of a novel flavonoid (7-O-butylnaringenin) on Helicobacter pylori 26695, 51, and SS1 strains and its inhibitory effect on the urease activity of the strains were evaluated and compared with those of several natural flavonoids. First, various flavonoids were screened for antimicrobial activities using the paper disc diffusion method. Hesperetin and naringenin showed the strongest antimicrobial effects among the natural flavonoids tested, and thus hesperetin and naringenin were selected for comparison with 7-O-butylnaringenin. The antimicrobial effect of 7-O-butylnaringenin was greater than that of the hesperetin and naringenin. H. pylori 51 was more sensitive to 7-O-butylnaringenin (2 log reduction of colony forming units, p < 0.05) than the other two strains at 200 μM. 7-O-Butylnaringenin also showed the highest inhibitory effect against urease activity of H. pylori. Morphological changes of H. pylori 26695 treated with these flavonoids indicated that both hesperetin and 7-O-butylnaringenin at 200 μM damaged the cell membranes.

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Figure 1
Chemical structures of flavonoids used in this study. (A) kaempferol, (B) quercetin, (C) apigenin, (D) naringenin, (E) luteolin, (F) hesperetin, (G) hesperidin, (H) genkwanin, and (I) 7-O-butylnaringenin.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The antimicrobial effects of three flavonoids on growth of H. pylori 26695, 51, and SS1. Initial cell density was adjusted to be 2.0 × 105 CFU/mL. (A) naringenin, (B) hesperetin, and (C) 7-O-butylnaringenin.
Figure 3
Figure 3
SEM micrographs of H. pylori 26695 treated with naringenin, hesperetin, and 7-O-butyl naringenin at 200 μM concentration. (A) control, (B) naringenin, (C) hesperetin, and (D) 7-O-butylnaringenin.
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