Molecules (Oct 2019)

Comparative In Vitro Evaluation of Antibacterial and Osteogenic Activity of Polysaccharide and Flavonoid Fractions Isolated from the leaves of <i>Saussurea controversa</i>

  • Igor Khlusov,
  • Elena Avdeeva,
  • Valeria Shupletsova,
  • Olga Khaziakhmatova,
  • Larisa Litvinova,
  • Ekaterina Porokhova,
  • Yaroslav Reshetov,
  • Irina Zvereva,
  • Lyudmila Mushtovatova,
  • Mariia Karpova,
  • Artem Guryev,
  • Irina Sukhodolo,
  • Mikhail Belousov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24203680
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 20
p. 3680

Abstract

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The osteogenic, cytotoxic, and antibacterial activities of polysaccharide (PS-SC) and flavonoid (F-SC) fractions isolated from the leaves extract of Saussurea controversa were studied in vitro. F-SC consists of the five quercetin glycosides in the ratio 2:8:10:1:4, which were isolated from the leaves extract of S. controversa and have been characterized previously. PS-SC was first isolated from the leaves extract of S. controversa and has been described. PS-SC consists in 30 compounds is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity with a heterogeneity index of 19.74. The Mw and Mn of PS-SC were 108.6 and 5.5 kDa, respectively. Structural fragments are represented by galactose, arabinose, xylose, glucose, uronic acids, mannose, and rhamnose in a 10.1:3.3:2.2:2.1:1.7:0.9:0.5 molar ratio. F-SC as compared with PS-SC showed in vitro microbicidal (50 g/L) and better bacteriostatic (6.25 g/L versus 25 g/L of PS-SC) effects against the 24-h growth of Staphylococcus aureus strain 209 P and a 21-day absence of cytotoxicity on human adipose-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (hAMMSCs). Both fractions (PS-SC > F-SC) at doses of 10−50 mg/L stimulated differentiation of hAMMSCs into secreting osteoblasts accompanied by local mineralization of extracellular matrix. These fractions of S. controversa and especially F-SC, might be promising peroral drugs in the complex treatment of bone fractures and for prophylaxis of their infectious complications.

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