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Abstract

The anti-staphylococcal activity of an ethanol extract of and its pure compound, rhodomyrtone, as well as their effects on staphylococcal biofilm formation and biofilm-grown cells were assessed. MIC and minimal bactericidal concentration values of the ethanol extract and rhodomyrtone against planktonic cultures and biofilms of five clinical strains each of and , and American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strains of both species, were 32–512 and 0.25–2 µg ml, respectively. Results from time–kill studies indicated that rhodomyrtone at a concentration of 4× MIC could reduce the number of ATCC 25923 and ATCC 35984 cells by 99.9 % within 3 and 13 h, respectively. The ability of rhodomyrtone and the ethanol extract to prevent biofilm formation and kill mature biofilms was assessed: both demonstrated better activity than vancomycin at inhibiting staphylococcal biofilm formation. In addition, the viability of 24 h and 5-day staphylococcal biofilm-grown cells decreased after treatment with the ethanol extract and rhodomyrtone. The ability to reduce biofilm formation and kill mature biofilms occurred in a dose-dependent manner. Scanning electron microscopy clearly confirmed that treatment with rhodomyrtone at 16× MIC could reduce 24 h biofilm formation and the numbers of staphylococci, whilst at 64× MIC this compound destroyed the organisms in the 5-day established biofilm. These results suggest that rhodomyrtone has the potential for further drug development for the treatment of biofilm-forming staphylococcal infections.

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