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Regulatory Mechanisms
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Regulatory Mechanisms
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ISSN 2519-8521 (Print) ISSN 2520-2588 (Online) Regul. Mech. Biosyst., 9(4), 491-494 doi: 10.15421/021873
Compositions of essential oils with antimicrobial properties against isolates from oral cavities of patients with inflammatory diseases of the periodontium
M. V. Kryvtsova*, Y. Y. Kostenko*, I. Salamon**
*Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine **University of Presov, Presov, Slovakia
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Received28.09.2018 Received in revised form 20.10.2018 Accepted 21.10.2018
Uzhhorod National University, Pidhirna st., 46, Uzhhorod, 88000, Ukraine.
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Kryvtsova, M. V., Kostenko, Y. Y., & Salamon, I. (2018). Compositions of essential oils with antimicrobialproperties against isolates from oral cavities of patients with inflammatory diseases of the periodontium. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 9(4), 491-494. doi:10.15421/021873
The significant spread of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms which are part of microbial associations of the oral cavity is considered one of the main causes for the complications and relapses of inflammatory diseases of the periodontium. This problem underlines the importance of constant monitoring of the circulation of polyantibiotic-resistant isolates, and development of new approaches and means of correction for the microbiocoenosis of the oral cavity affected by inflammatory processes. The paper is dedicated to research of antimicrobial properties of essential oil compositions against opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms, agents of inflammatory diseases of the periodontium. Out of the microorganisms isolated from the nidus of inflammation, the extra antibiotic-resistant ones were chosen. For the purpose of antibiotic susceptibility and antimicrobial activity testing, the disc diffusion method was used. The following compositions were manufactured from essential oils: Hyssopus officinalis L. + Rosmarinus officinalis L.;MentapiperitaL. + H. officinalis;R officinalis+Coriandrum sativum L.; R. officinalis +M. piperita + H. officinalis. The compositions H. officinalis + R. officinalis;M. piperita +H. officinalis were shown to have the highest level of antibacterial activity against clinical and typical isolates. Combinations of essential oils demonstrated a broader spectrum of activity against microorganisms than their components taken separately. Certain essential oils and the compositions H. officinalis + R. officinalis; M. piperita + H. officinalis were ascertained to have a high anti-mycotic activity against Candida genus microscopic fungi. This fact proves the advantage of application of combinations of essential oils compared to the use of their separate components. However, not all variants reviewed showed additive antimicrobial effect of the use of combinations of essential oils. The compositions that showed high antibacterial properties against the reviewed isolates may be used for oral hygiene products.
Keywords: antibiotic resistant isolates; opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms; antibacterial activity; anti-mycotic effect
Introduction
The continuously growing trend for formation and circulation of antibiotic-resistant strains of opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms gives relevance to research on alternative means of treatment with antimicrobial properties. It is the representatives of the facultative microbiota of the oral cavity that take up dominating positions in the structure of the inflammatory periodontium. Bacteria of the Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Esherichia, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas genera and microscopic fungi of Ihe Candida genus serve as an etiological factor of Ihe inflammatory processes characterized by lingering persistence and resistance to antibacterial materials (Schindel, 2013; Jakobi et al., 2015). Colonization of the mucous membrane by opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms is affected by a number of factors. For example, changes were shown to occur in the composition of microcoenosis and in adhesive properties of the bacteria in the zone of peri-implant sites (GroBner-Schreiber et al., 2008). Under such conditions, constant monitoring of circulating polyresistant strains of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria and elaboration of new approaches to antibacterial therapy acquires specific significance (Tada et al., 2006). Development and introduction of new antibacterial materials and approaches to treatment and correction of inflammatory processes caused by opportunistic pathogenic microorganisms, and search for the antibacterial materials that may in a number of cases become an alternative to antibiotic treatment, also remains today an issue of primary importance. A number of recent developments have noted antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties of pilot plant-based materials, extracts and essential
oils against isolates from the oral cavity (Assaf et al., 2016). The authors noted the ability of essential oils to affect the biofilm-producing properties of microorganisms. The study shows (Kalemba & Kunicka, 2003; Bueno et al., 2017) the effect of essential oils upon biofilms.
Possessing a certain spectrum of antimicrobial activity, plant-based materials may less often cause complications and disorders in biocoeno-ses. Essential oils with a high level of antimicrobial activity (Rhos & Recio, 2005; Murbach Teles Andrade et al., 2013), high antioxidant (Mil-lezi et al., 2012) and anti-inflammatory properties are widely used in medicine, cosmetology and the food industry, and they are worth peculiar attention in this respect (Newman & Cragg, 2007; Bueno et al., 2017). At the same time, however, the effect of essential oils is often characterized by a narrow-spectrum antimicrobial activity. In this respect, it seems vital to be able to develop compositions with precisely determined antimicrobial properties, for such compositions may be used as an active basis for toothpastes, rinsers, gels and ointments used for prevention and correction of inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, and for inhibition of levels of opportunistic pathogenic microbiota.
The purpose of this paper was to study the antimicrobial activity of essential oils compositioni upon antibiotic-resistant clinical isolates from the patients' oral cavities, associated with general periodontitis.
Material and methods
Isolation of microorganisms. As test culture, the following bacteria and yeast from the American Type Culture Collection were used: Can-
dida albicans ATCC 885-653, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. We also used clinical strains of bacteria and yeasts (S. aureus, E. coli, S. pyogenes, S. pneumoniae, C. albicans, C. krusei, C. tropicalis isolated from the oral cavities of patients suffering from inflammatory periodontium. We chose the clinical strains with multiple resistance to antibiotics. The isolates that caused periodontium inflammatory processes were isolated on the basis of the Dental Polyclinic, Uzhhorod National University; the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils (EOs) and disinfectants was studied at the Microbiological Laboratory of the Department of Genetics, Plant Physiology and Microbiology, Uzhhorod National University.
Biological material samples from the mucous membrane ofthe nidus of the inflammatory process were taken using a sterile transport system (a test-tube with a gel and applicator for biological liquids, made by FLmedical, Italy). The material was plated on the following nutrient media: Sabouraund Dextrose Agar, and HiCrome™ Candida Differential Agar (Himedia) for cultivation of microscopic fungi; blood agar for hemolytic microflora, in particular Streptococcus and Neisseria genera microorganisms; Endo and Ploskorev agar (F armaktiv, Ukraine) for Enterobacte-riaceae; Mannitol Salt Agar (Biolif-Italia) for Staphylococcus genus bacteria, Bile esculin agar (Biolif-Italia) for Enterococci. The pure culture of microorganisms was obtained by sector inoculation according to Gold. The bacteria and yeasts were identified using macromorphological, micromorphological, physiological and biochemical tests with the use of Entero-test, Strepto-test, and Staphylo-test, made by Erba Lachema.
Antibiotic susceptibility testing. The antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria and microscopic fungi was identified by the disc diffusion method according to (Order No. 167 of the Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine of 05/04/2007; EUCAST (European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing). Inoculum of isolates was prepared from 24 hour old culture grown on Sabouraund Dextrose Agar (Himedia) for Candida and Muller-Hinton agar (Himedia) for bacteria isolates. Colonies were suspended in 5 ml of sterile 0.85% Saline. Inocula of isolates 100 pL in physiological solution were adjusted to the equivalent of 0.5 McFarland standards and spread on the surface of agar.
Sterile filter paper disks were placed on the plate previously inoculated with a microbial suspension and incubated at 35 ± 2 °C (48 hours) for yeasts and at 37 ± 2 °C (24 hours) for bacteria. Size of inhibition zone diameters surrounding filter paper disc was measured and compared to the Zone Diameter Interpretive Standards.
The bacteria isolates were screened for susceptibility to a panel of three groups of antibiotics: ampicillin (10 pg), amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (20/10 pg), cefazolin (30 pg), ceftriaxone (30 pg), imipenem (10 pg), meropenem (10 pg), cefuroxime (50 pg), cefoperazone (75 pg), ciprofloxacin (5 pg), levofloxacin (5 pg), gatfloxacin (5 pg), norfloxacin (10 pg), ofloxacin (1 pg), lomefloxacin (10 pg), tetracycline (30 pg), erytromy-cin (15 pg), azitromycin (15 pg), clarithromycin (15 pg). The yeasts isolates were screened for susceptibility to the following antibiotics: (6 mm in diameter) with nystatin (50 pg), itraconazole (10 pg), fluconazole (25 pg), ketoconazole (10 pg), voriconazole (1 pg), klotrimazole (10 pg), miconazole (50 pg).
The sensitivity of microorganisms to EOs was determined by the standard disk diffusion test (Balouiri et al., 2016). Sterile filter paper disks (6 mm in diameter) impregnated with 10 pL of essential oil were placed on the dish plate previously inoculated with a microbial suspension. Bacterium inocula 100 pL in physiological solution were adjusted to the equivalent of 0.5 McFarland standard, and evenly spread on Muller-Hinton agar surface (incubated at 37 ± 2 °C for 24 hours), yeasts - on SDA agar (incubated at 35 ± 2 °C for 48 hours). The diameters of the inhibition zones were measured in millimeters including diameter of disc. Each antimicrobial assay was performed at least three times.
Isolation of the essential oil. The essential oils of the following plants were used: Rossmarinus officinalis L., Mentapiperita L., Hysso-pus officinalis L., Coriandrum sativum L. (produced by "Calendula", Nova Lubovna, Slovakia). Each sample of the plant parts with weight of 10 g was ground in a blender. The essential oil from this raw-material were prepared by hydro-distillation (2 hrs) in a Clevenger-type apparatus according to the European Pharmacopoeia and a mixture of hexane
and diethyl ether (1 : 1) was used as a collecting solvent. The essential oils stored under N2 at + 4 °C in a dark space before their composition identification.
Chemical composition of EOs were as follows:
- rosmary essential oil (Rossmarinus officinalis L.): a-pinene 19 ± 1%, camphene 9 ± 1%, f-pinene 5 ± 1%, cineole 25 ± 1%, p-cymene 17 ± 1%, camphor 19 ± 1%, bornylacetate < 2%, a-terpineole 2.5 ± 0.2%, borneole 2.0 ± 0.2%.
- peppermint essential oil (Mentha piperita L.): limonene 2.5 ± 0.2%, cineole 5.2 ± 0.2%, menthone 24 ± 1%, menthofuran 3.2 ± 0.2%, isomentone 3.8 ± 0.2%, menthyl acetate 4.1 ± 0.2%, isopulegol less than 0.1%, menthol 39 ± 1%, pulegone 1.1 ± 0.1%, carvone 0.3 ± 0.1%, cineole 2.1 ± 0.1%.
- hyssop essential oil (Hyssopus officinalis L.): a-pinene 15 ± 1%, pinocampfene 35 ± 2%, isopinocampfene 20 ± 1%.
- coriander oil (Coriandri sativum L.): linalool 53.0 ± 2%.
Statistical analysis. Data obtained were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three measurements. The Tukey test was applied for comparisons of means, differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.
Results
The following compositions were manufactured in 1 : 1 ratio from essential oils based on the results of the previous studies of antimicrobial activity:
1) H. officinalis+R. officinalis,
2) M. piperita+H. officinalis,
3) R. officinalis + C. sativum,
4) R. officinalis + M. piperita + H. officinalis.
Composition No. 1 had a significant antibacterial effect against S. aureus, especially against its clinical strains, it also showed moderate (however, the highest one among all combinations reviewed) activity against S. pneumoniae (Table 1). Composition No. 1 was ascertained to have high antibacterial activity against clinical strains of E. coli and E. faecalis, in this case, its antibacterial effect was statistically reliably higher than that of its components iftaken separately. An additive effect of activity of essential oils in the compositionM. piperita+H. officinalis was recorded on clinical isolates of C. albicans and C. tropicalis (Table 2).
Composition No. 2 had a pronounced antimicrobial effect against the isolates taken into the experiment. It also showed antibacterial activity against typical and clinical strains of S. aureus. At the same time, the effects against clinical strains of staphylococcus practically did not differ for H. officinalis and its combination with mint essential oil. The highest antibacterial effect of this composition was recorded against S. pyogenes. The most pronounced antimycotic effect of Composition No. 2 was shown against Candida genus microscopic fungi.
Composition No. 3 revealed moderate and weak antibacterial effect, if compared with Compositions No. 1 and 2. C. sativum was ascertained to have high antibacterial effect against typical strains ofE. coli, however it showed no effect against its clinical strains whatsoever. The antimicrobial properties of Composition No. 3 were lower than those of its components if taken separately.
Composition No. 4 had high antimicrobial activity against E. faecalis and E. coli. The compositions were ascertained to have more pronounced antimycotic activity against typical and clinical isolates of C. albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei, i.e. combinations of essential oils showed a higher and broader spectrum of antimycotic activity than their components taken separately. Composition No. 2 showed somewhat higher effect than Composition No. 1. Composition No. 4 had a high effect against the clinical isolate of C. albicans.
Discussion
Determination of antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants, their separate components and products, such as extracts, essential oils, etc., against microorganisms isolated from the nidus of the inflammatory process with a high level of antibiotic resistance, is a matter of peculiar interest from the viewpoint of searching for medicines alternative to antibiotics and disinfectants (Koba et al., 2011). At the same time, natural
plant components with antimicrobial, aromatic and antioxidant properties do not destroy the microbiocoenosis of the human organism and less often cause adverse side-effects. The antimicrobial properties of essential oils often depend upon the plant materials, plant chemotype, and natural and climatic conditions of their growth.
A considerable amount of scientific research has been dedicated to the selection of plants as a source of essential oils with a high level of this or that active substance. The results presented by Mohamed et al. (2010) showed the antibacterial activity of essential oils from four Lamiaceae aromatic plants (Thymus capitatus L., Lavandula dentata L., Salvia officinalis L. and Mentha rotundifolia L.), used in traditional folk medicine of Algeria. The work described the activity of essential oils against
three resistant bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) isolated from hospitalized patients, and standard strains of the same bacteria. The authors noted that the highest antibacterial potentiality was demonstrated by the essential oil from T. capitatus leaves, followed by that of S. officinalis. Marino et al. (1999) determined the high antibacterial effect of essential oils of Thymus vulgaris L. against common bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumo-niae, Enterococcus faecalis, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus). Our previous studies showed high antimycotic activity of essential oils against Candida genus microscopic fungi (Kryv-tsova et al., 2017, 2018; Salamon et al., 2017). The antimicrobial effect of essential oils against oral cavity pathogens was shown in (Koba et al., 2011).
Table 1
Antibacterial activity of essential oils and their compositions against typical and clinical isolates of opportunistic infectious agents (mm, x ± SD, n = 3)
Essential oils Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 Staphylococcus aureus (clinic) Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 Streptococcus pneumoniae (elinie) Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 Escherichia coli (elinie)
Rossmarinus officinalis L. 8.33 ± 0.33f 12.00 ± 0.30d 7.83 ± 0.44f 8.33 ± 0.33e 8.00 ± 0.33e 8.50 ± 0.29e1 8.00 ± 0.10d
Menta piperita L. 12.00 ± 0.10d 10.00 ± 0.15e 9.66 ± 0.17e 10.33 ± 0.33b 10.17 ± 0.17ab 8.33 ± 0.33d 9.00 ± 0.58e
Hyssopus officinalis L. 17.00 ± 0.20b 20.00 ± 0.10a 8.33 ± 0.33f 11.00 ± 0.57a 10.75 ± 0.27a 14.00 ± 0.56e 10.66 ± 0.88*
Coriandrum sativum L. 11.00 ± 0.20e 10.00 ± 0.10e 15.17 ± 0.44e 11.00 ± 0.58a 11.17 ± 0.17a 15.50 ± 0.29b 0e
Composition 1: Hyssopus officinalis L. +Rossmarinus officinalis L. (1 : 1) 14.16 ± 0.17e 19.83 ± 0.44a 16.83 ±0.44b 10.50 ± 0.29b 10.33 ± 0.33d5 13.83 ± 0.44e 12.33 ± 0.33a
Composition 2: Menta piperita L. + Hyssopus officinalis L. (1 : 1) 20.00 ± 0.58a 18.00 ± 0.58b 10.00 ± 0.29e 11.83 ± 0.44a 10.00 ± 0.58* 10.16 ± 0.60e 11.83 ± 0.44a
Composition 3: Rossmarinus officinalis L.+ Coriandrum sativum L. 8.17 ± 0.17f 10.33 ± 0.33e 12.33 ± 0.33d 10.50 ± 0.50b 10.50 ± 0.50a 13.33 ± 0.33e 10.75 ± 0.25*
Composition 4: Rossmarinus 10.50 ± 0.25b 8.25 ± 0.25d
officinalis L. + Menta piperita L. + 14.33 ± 0.33e 16.33 ± 0.33e 17.83 ± 0.44a 10.33 ± 0.29* 18.00 ± 0.30a
Hyssopus officinalis L.
Note: data in the column followed by different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 according to Tukey's HSD test.
Table 2
Antimycotic activity of essential oils and their compositions against typical and clinical isolates of Candida genus fungi (mm, x ± SD, n = 3)
Essential oils Candida albicans ATCC 885-653 Candida albicans (elinie) Candida tropicalis (elinie) Candida krusei (elinie)
Rossmarinus officinalis L. 12.33 ± 0.33d 13.00 ± 0.50d 9.00 ± 0.30e 10.00 ± 0.40e
Menta piperita L. 15.00 ± 0.57b 10.00 ± 0.25g 10.00 ± 0.30d 12.00 ± 0.45d
Hyssopus officinalis L 11.50 ± 0.20e 12.00 ± 0.80e 10.00 ± 0.20d 15.00 ± 0.65a
Coriandrum sativum L. - - 20.33 ± 0.60a 13.66 ± 0.33b
Composition 1: Hyssopus officinalis L. + 15.00 ± 0.58b 18.33 ± 0.33b 14.50 ± 0.29e 12.83 ± 0.60d
Rossmarinus officinalis L. (1 : 1)
Composition 2: Menta piperita L. + 17.80 ± 0.33a 16.33 ± 0.33e 15.00 ± 0.58b 14.00 ± 0.33b
Hyssopus officinalis L. (1 : 1)
Composition 3: Rossmarinus officinalis L. + 11.17 ± 0.17e 11.17 ± 0.33f 15.00 ± 0.58b 14.00 ± 0.50b
Coriandrum sativum L.
Composition 4: Rossmarinus officinalis L. + 13.17 ± 0.17e 20.33 ± 0.33a 14.83 ± 0.17b 9.17 ± 0.17f
Menta piperita L. + Hyssopus officinalis L.
Note: see Table 1.
The latest studies have determined the antimicrobial effect of essential oils against microorganisms of different systematic groups (Harris, 2002; Celikel & Kavas, 2008; Sajana et al., 2013); at the same time, essential oil compositions may be of great value for the purpose of expanding the activity spectrum of antimicrobial substances. Bassole et al. (2012) noted that in essential oil compositions different terpenoid components of EOs can interact to either reduce or increase the antimicrobial efficacy. The interaction between EO compounds can produce four possible types of effects: indifferent, additive, antagonistic or synergistic effects. For instance, mixtures of cinnamaldehyde with carvacrol or thymol yielded in most cases synergistic effects againstE. coli and S. typhimurium (Bassole et al., 2012). Fu et al. (2007) considered the effect of clove and rosemary essential oils taken alone and in combination. The combination was shown to have additive, synergistic or antagonistic effects against individual microorganism tests.
The experimental study (Semeniuc et al., 2017) showed antibacterial effects of several essential oils (EOs) alone and in combination against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria associated with food products: parsley, lovage, basil, and thyme EOs, as well as their mixtures (1 : 1, v/v), were tested against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The studies showed that thyme EO has the highest percentage yield and
antibacterial potential out of all tested formulations; its combination with parsley, lovage, and basil EOs determines a reduction of its antibacterial activity. Thereby, the studies have shown that mixtures of essential oils characterized by antimicrobial properties did not always present additive effect and increase in their antimicrobial activity. We showed the efficiency of two variants of compositions: M. piperita + H. officinalis and H. officinalis + R. officinalis. In case of mixing these essential oils, the spectrum of antimicrobial activity was expanded in comparison with their ingredients if taken separately. Determination of antimicrobial properties of essential oils compositions makes it possible to combine them in preparations applied for prevention of inflammatory processes of the the periodontium. Application of essential oils in preparations for mouth care and prevention of oral cavity infections looks promising due to their ability to inhibit the development of inflammatory processes on accountt of their antimicrobial properties.
Conclusions
Therefore, two compositions of essential oils M. piperita + H. officinalis and H. officinalis + R. officinalis have been experimentally proved to demonstrate a broad spectrum of antimicrobial and antimycotic activity against clinical isolates from the oral cavities of patients with
inflammatory diseases of the periodontium, and other typical cultures of microorganisms. The obtained results provide prospects for further study of the possibilities of application of the given compositions as ingredients of preparations used for prevention of inflammatory processes of the oral cavity.
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