TY - JOUR ID - 8366 TI - Antibacterial, antioxidant and cell proliferative properties of Coccinia grandis fruits JO - Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine JA - AJP LA - en SN - 2228-7930 AU - Sakharkar, Prashant AU - Chauhan, Balwant AD - Department of Clinical & Administrative Sciences, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Schaumburg, IL, 60173, USA AD - Department of Bipoharmaceutical Sciences, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Schaumburg, IL, 60173, USA Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 295 EP - 307 KW - Coccinia grandis KW - Antibacterial KW - Antioxidant KW - Cell Proliferation KW - Ivy gourd DO - 10.22038/ajp.2017.17355.1671 N2 - Objective: Little knowledge is available on the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Coccina grandis fruits and no study has reported on its cell proliferative property. The aim of this study was to examine the antimicrobial, antioxidant and cell proliferative property of fruits of C. grandis. Material and Methods: Fruits of C. grandis were extracted using water; ethanol and acetone by cold and hot Soxhlet extraction. The antibacterial activities of the extracts were tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the modified Kirby-Bauer diffusion method and compared against erythromycin. The antioxidant property was determined using Cayman's antioxidant assay; whereas cell proliferation/cytotoxic properties were evaluated using the Cell Titer 96 Aqueous One Solution Cell MTS assay with MDA-MB 321 breast cancer cells. Data were analyzed for correlation and differences using unpaired student's t-test and one-way ANOVA. A p value of Results: Both cold and hot ethanol and acetone extracts of C. grandis fruits showed some degree of bacterial growth inhibition. Acetone extracts exhibited higher antibacterial activity. Both ethanol extracts showed antioxidant property when compared with standard Trolox. In contrary to cytotoxicity, all four extracts showed cell proliferation compared to controls at different concentrations. However, acetone extracts exhibited greater cell proliferation compared to ethanol extracts and cold extracts performed better than the hot extracts. Conclusion: C. grandis fruits exhibited some degree of antimicrobial, antioxidant and cell proliferative properties. Further investigation is warranted to isolate, confirm and characterize phytochemicals that are responsible for the medicinal properties observed. UR - https://ajp.mums.ac.ir/article_8366.html L1 - https://ajp.mums.ac.ir/article_8366_a5901b8d729259e267d5115943bbbda0.pdf ER -