Topical Treatment of Dermatophytic Lesion on Mice (Mus musculus) Model

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 51 - Trang 217-222 - 2011
Bindu Sharma1, Padma Kumar1, Suresh Chandra Joshi2
1Laboratory of Plant Tissue Culture and Secondary Metabolites, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
2Laboratory of Reproductive Toxicology, Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Tóm tắt

Antidermatophytic potential of three weed plants viz. Tridax procumbens L., Capparis decidua (forsk) Edgew and Lantana camara L. were explored and experimentally induced dermatophytic lesion was topically treated in mice. Microbroth dilution method was carried out for determination of MIC and MFC of different extracts of selected plants. In animal studies, mice were experimentally inoculated with Trichophyton mentagrophytes and infected animals were topically treated with 5 mg/g terbinafine and two concentrations, i.e., 5 and 10 mg/g of test extract ointment. Complete recovery from the infection was observed on 12th day of treatment for reference drug terbinafine (5 mg/g) and 10 mg/g concentration of test extract ointment whereas 5 mg/g concentration of test extract ointment showed complete cure on 16th day of treatment. Fungal burden was also calculated by culturing skin scrapings from infected animals of different groups. Test extract ointment successfully treated induced dermatophytosis in mice without any disease recurrence incidences, thereby indicating efficacy of test extract as an excellent topical antifungal agent for the cure of dermatophytosis.

Tài liệu tham khảo

Weitzman I, Summerbell RC (1995) The dermatophytes. Clin Microbiol Rev 8:240–259 Venugopal PV, Venugopal TV (1994) Antidermatophytic activity of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves in vitro. Indian J Pharmacol 26:141–143 Treiber A, Pittermann W, Schuppe HC (2001) Efficacy testing of antimycotic prophylactics in an animal model. Int J Hyg Environ Health 204(4):1–5 Donald GF, Brown G (1964) T. mentagrophytes and T. mentagrophytes var quinckeanum infections of South Australian mice. Aust J Dermatol 7:135–140 Bilek J, Baranova Z, Kozak M, Fialkovicova M, Weissova T, Sesztakova E (2005) Trichophyton menatgropjhytes var quinckeanum as a cause of zoophilic dermatomycosis in a human family. Bratisl Lek Listy 106(12):383–385 Garcia-Sanchez MS, Pereiro MM, Toribio J (1997) Favus due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes var quinckeanum. Dermatology 194(2):177–179 Mantovani A (1978) The hole of animals in the epidemiology of the mycoses. Mycopathologia 65(1):61–66 Moriello KA (1990) Management of dermatophyte infection in catteries and multiple cat households. Adv Clin Dermatol 20(6):1456–1474 Hay RJ (2001) The future of onychomycosis therapy may involve a combination of approaches. Br J Dermatol 145:3–8 Watanabe S (1999) Present state and future directions of topical antifungals. Jpn J Med Mycol 40:151–155 Artis WM, Odle BM, Jones HE (1981) Griseofulvin resistant dermatophytosis correlates with in vitro resistance. Arch Dermatol 117(1):16–19 Tiwari TN, Chansauria JPN, Dubey NK (2003) Antimycotic potency of some essential oils in the treatment of induced dermatomycosis of an experimental animal. Pharm Biol 41(5):351–356 Subramanian SS, Nagarjan S (1969) Flavonoids of the seeds of Crotolaria retusa and Crotolaria striata. Curr Sci 38:65 Basri DF, Fan SH (2005) The potential of aqueous and acetone extracts of galls of Quercus infectoria as antibacterial agents. Indian J Pharmacol 37:26–29 Roderick JH, Raquel AA, Collins JC (1983) Experimental dermatophytosis: the clinical and histopathologic features of a mouse model using Trichophyton quinckeanum (mouse favus). J Invest Dermatol 81:270–274 Carlsten H, Holmdahl R, Tarkowski A (1991) Analysis of the genetic encoding of oestradiol suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity in (NZB × NZW) F1 mice. Immunology 73:186–190 Odds F, Ausma J, Gerven FV, Woestenborgh SF, Meerpoel L, Heeres J (2004) In vitro and in vivo activities of the novel azole antifungal agent R 12 6638. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48(2):388–391 Uchida K, Tanaka T, Yamaguchi H (2003) Achievement of complete mycological cure by topical antifungal agent NND-502 in guinea pig model of tinea pedis. Microbiol Immunol 47(2):143–146 Julian LJ, Luis P, Pedro I, Emilo PT (2005) Dermatophytosis with concurrent lesion in different locations. Prognostic and therapeutic significance. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 23(4):191–193 Arruda MSP, GIlioli S, Moreno FRV (2001) Experimental dermatophytosis in hamsters inoculated with T. mentagrophytes in cheek pouch. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 43(1):29–32 Ghannoum MA, Hossain MA, Long L, Mohamed S, Reyes S, Mukarjee PK (2004) Evaluation of antifungal efficacy in an optimized animal model of T. mentagrophytes dermatophytosis. J Chemother 16(2):139–144 Hnilica KA, Medleau L (2002) Evaluation of topically applied enilconazole for the treatment of dermatophytosis in a persian cattery. Vet Dermatol 13(1):23–28 Saunte DM, Hasselby JP, Brillawska A, Frimodt MN, Svejgaard EL, Linnemann D (2008) Experimental guinea pig model of dermatophytosis: a simple and useful tool for the evaluation of new diagnostic and antifungals. Med Mycol 46:303–313 Jain N, Sharma M (2003) Broad spectrum antimycotic drug for the treatment of ringworm infection in human beings. Curr Sci 85(1):30–34 McGaw LJ, Eloff JN (2005) Screening of 16 poisonous plants for antibacterial, anthelminitic and cytotoxic activity in vitro. S Afr J Bot 71(3–4):302–306 Sharma GP, Raghubanshi AS, Singh JS (2005) Lantana invasion: an overview. Weed Biol Manag 5(4):157–165 Hernandez T, Canales M, Avila JG, Duran A, Caballero J, de Vivar AR (2003) Ethnobotany and antibacterial activity of some plants used in traditional medicine of Zapotitlan de las Salinas, Pubelo (Mexico). J Ethnopharmacol 88:181–188 Saleh M, Kamel A, Li X, Swaray J (1999) Antibacterial triterpenoids isolated from Lantana camara. Pharm Biol 37(1):63–66 Rajakaruna N, Cory SH, Towers GHN (2002) Antimicrobial activity of plants collected from serpentine outcrops in Sri lanka. Pharm Biol 40(3):235–244 Mukharjee PK, Leidich SD, Isham N, Leitner I, Ryder NS, Ghannoum MA (2003) Clinical Trichophyton rubrum strain exhibiting primary resistance to terbinafine. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 47(1):82–86 Favre B, Ghannoum MA, Ryder NS (2004) Biochemical characterization of terbinafine resistant Trichophyton rubrum isolates. Med Mycol 42(6):525–529