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ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CURCUMA LONGA L. ON

ESCHERICHIA COLI

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

BANDEIRA, Debora Marina1, MARCHI, Juliana Pelissari2, GOMES, Simone

Damasceno3, PELLIZZARO, Luciana4

BANDEIRA, Debora Marina. et al. Antimicrobial activity of Curcuma longa L. on

Escherichia coli. Revista Científica Multidisciplinar Núcleo do Conhecimento. Year.
08, Ed. 04, Vol. 03, pp. 05-16. April 2023. ISSN: 2448-0959, Access link:
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ABSTRACT

Curcuma longa is a plant that has stood out in research evaluating antimicrobial,
anti-inflammatory, antiprotozoal, anticarcinogenic and antifungal activity. The
discovery of new alternatives for the development of drugs originating from active
principles of plants is necessary considering the high adaptive capacity of different
microorganisms. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity
of extracts of oleoresin and powder suspension of rhizomes of Curcuma longa
against the bacterium Escherichia coli. In this study, no antimicrobial activity was
observed for the extracts of turmeric powder and oleoresin against Escherichia coli.
There is a wide variety of results obtained in the literature in the face tests of C.
longa on the different microorganisms, some positive, demonstrating antimicrobial
action, and others negative. This divergence is justified by factors such as: different
methodologies used, climate, soil types, fertilization, water availability of the plant's
cultivation, as well as the form of harvest and storage, which interfere in the
components present and in their concentration in the plant. Although the results of
this study were negative, it does not mean that the plant does not have antimicrobial
activity, being indicated the continuity in the assays, aiming to identify the factors
that generate disagreement between the studies already carried out.

Keywords: Natural products, Oil resin, Turmeric powder, Curcumin, Antimicrobial

activity.

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1. INTRODUCTION

Natural products have been used throughout history in the treatment and prevention
of diseases. Currently, they have been gaining great importance in research for the
development of drugs of natural origin. Several groups of researchers have studied
the biological activity of medicinal plants originating in various parts of the world,
guided by the popular use of native species (SILVA FILHO et al., 2009; SANTOS et
al., 2021; BANDEIRA et al., 2022).

A plant that, in addition to being used in cooking, has been present in research in
the pharmacological areas is Curcuma longa L., popularly known as turmeric or
turmeric. It is an herbaceous plant, belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, native to
Southeast Asia, more precisely to the tropical forests of India, the country with the
largest production in the world (PEREIRA; Stringheta, 1998; FRANCO et al., 2007;
SABIR et al., 2021).

The part of the vegetable with greater use is the rhizome, in which are found the
substances responsible for its market value and therapeutic action (COLLINO,
2014). There are three curcuminoid pigments present in the rhizome: curcumin (the
main compound responsible for the various activities of the plant),
demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin (SILVA FILHO et al., 2009; SABIR
et al., 2021). Pereira and Stringheta (1998), explain that turmeric has three
commercially available products: turmeric powder, turmeric oleoresin and curcumin
extract.

Research with C. longa proved its antimicrobial activity (MAIA et al., 2003;
KALAYCIOGLU et al., 2017), anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiprotozoal,
anticarcinogenic and antifungal (AKRAM et al., 2010; MARCHI et al., 2016). Faced
with the resistance that pathogenic microorganisms have developed, there is a need
and encouragement for the search for drugs of natural origin (BANDEIRA et al.,
2022).

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The bacterium E. coli, for example, is a commensal microorganism, present in the

intestines of mammals and birds, which has been pointed out as one of the most
frequent bacterial agents in diarrhea of humans and animals, and can cause, in
humans, several infections, including meningitis (FERREIRA; KNÖBL, 2009;
ALMEIDA, 2013).

The high adaptive capacity of microorganisms makes research on their behavior

essential for public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released
the first list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens," with 12 families of bacteria
posing the greatest threat to human health. In this list, the threat of gram-negative
bacteria, resistant to multiple antibiotics, such as, stands out E. coli, which along with
other Enterobacteriaceae, are on the list as priority 1, that is, "critical, resistant to
carbapenem and third-generation cephalosporins, the best antibiotics available for
the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacteria" (WHO, 2018). Also, E. coli has
between 8% and 65% (variable between different countries) of resistance to
ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat urinary tract infections (WHO,
2017).

Thus, it is necessary to discover new alternatives for the development of drugs

originating from the active principles of some plants. In this context, this study aimed
to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of oleoresin extract and powder suspension of
rhizomes C. longa on the bacterium E. coli, in view of being products already
available to consumers.

2. MATERIAL AND METHODS

The study was carried out at the Microbiology Laboratory of the Universidade
Paranaense, University Unit of Francisco Beltrão, and the experimental part was
carried out from May to October 2018.

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The rhizomes of Curcuma longa were acquired in the trade of Francisco Beltrão,
Paraná. They were washed, sanitized in running water, peeled, sliced to a thickness
of approximately 0.5 cm. After that, the slices were dried in an oven at 50 ºC, until
the verification of constant mass. The total drying period was approximately one
month. The constant mass weight was 516.63 g.

After drying, the powder was obtained by grinding the rhizomes in a domestic
blender, followed by sieving through four meshes of different thicknesses. The
powder was packed in double plastic bags (one layer of kraft paper and another of
plastic bag, until its use) and kept in a dry environment (MARCHI, 2018).

The turmeric rhizome powder was divided into: 180 g to be made the alcoholic
extract to obtain the oleoresin (OR); and 173.24 g to obtain the powder suspension
(PS).

To obtain the OR, it was started by making a crude extract (CE), being used the
maceration process with 70% ethyl alcohol at room temperature (PEREIRA;
Stringheta, 1998; RODRIGUES et al., 2016). We used 180 g of turmeric powder for
540 ml of 70% alcohol (1:3 (m/v) plant/solvent); The material was homogenized with
the aid of a glass stick, filled in a glass container surrounded by aluminum foil,
labeled for identification (name, date, time) and stored in a dark place for 15 days,
with daily agitation.

After fifteen days, the CE was filtered in vacuum. For this, a Buchner funnel was
coupled to a kitassate with rubber, for complete sealing, and from the kitassate
followed a hose to the vacuum pump. After assembling the equipment, the funnel
received two filter papers in the form of a circle, in which the CE was deposited.
Then, the device was turned on and the CE was suctioned by the pump, allowing its
filtration. The filtrate was directed to the interior of the kitassate, obtaining the
tincture, containing alcohol, totaling 350 ml. The solid material that was retained in
the filter paper was later discarded (MARCHI, 2018).

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The tincture obtained was placed in a rotaevaporator to remove the ethyl alcohol. To
this end, the tincture was placed in a flat-bottomed balloon, which was connected to
the rotaevaporator and heated in a water bath at a temperature of 45 + 5 ºC.

The procedure was performed until 1/5 of the tincture was in the balloon, and from
then on, it was called OR (20%). The material was packed in falcon tubes, wrapped
in aluminum foil and stored in a refrigerator until dilution for the assembly of the
experiment (MARCHI, 2018).

Regarding the OR, the pure preparation obtained after rotaevaporation was
considered as 100% and is diluted in concentrations of 50; 25; 12.5 and 6.25%, in
Tween 80 (at 0.1%). To prepare the suspension of the powder at 20%, the addition
of 1.875 g of powder was made in 7.5 ml of a sterile solution of Tween 80 (0.1%),
according to the methodology used by Dornellas (2016).

Strains of Escherichia coli were acquired and reconstituted according to the

supplier's indication. Microbial cultures were standardized at 108 cells/ml, estimated
by comparison to the 0.5 tube of the McFarland scale.

For the assay, we adopted the Agar Plug Diffusion Method, adapted from Kurtzman
Jr (1973) and Harris and Ruger (1953), which consists of removing a piece of the
culture medium from the site corresponding to the repique after the incubation period
and placing them on the surface of the culture medium inoculated with the material
to be tested, where, after that, growth inhibition will be observed due to the diffusion
of the product to be tested and/or the antibiotic from the plug. Thus, Petri dishes of
100 x 20 mm in diameter were used, in which 20.0 ml of Muller Hinton agar prepared
as indicated on the package were added. After being homogenized and left to rest
until solidification with a sterile swab, the culture of E. coli was inoculated uniformly
over the surface of the agar plates, which were left to rest at room temperature for
approximately three minutes.

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In parallel, the plates containing 15.0 ml of sterile medium, plus 5.0 ml of powder
suspension or OR previously diluted in their concentrations (3:1 medium/extract)
were prepared. The mixture was homogenized and awaited for solidification. Then,
the cylindrical plugs (cutouts) of each of these plates were removed to the medium
containing the inoculum. In each plate, five plugs were transferred in their proper
concentrations - from the highest to the lowest OR (100%, 50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25%)
- as well as plugs with positive control - using amoxicillin and chloramphenicol, and
with negative control, using Tween 80 to 0.1%.

The experiment was carried out in quintuplicate and the plates incubated at 40 + 3
ºC, for 24 hours (MARTINS, 2010; MINAGAWA, 2007).

For the analysis of the PS, the same procedure was followed, but adding to the
plates with culture medium and innocuous, plugs containing the PS at 20%, in the
same concentrations of the OR (100; 50; 25; 12.5 and 6.25%).

After the interval of 24 hours, the measurement of the inhibition halos, when formed,
was performed with a caliper, according to the criteria recommended by the National
Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS, 2003).

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In this study, no antimicrobial activity was observed for the extracts of the suspension
of turmeric powder (PS) and oleoresin (OR) against the bacterium Escherichia coli,
in any of the tested concentrations. (Figure 1).

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Figure 1: Comparison of the presence or absence of inhibition halos

A) Petri dish with plugs in the five concentrations; B) Petri dish with positive control (amoxicillin)
presenting inhibition halos. Source: The author (2018).

This non-inhibition of E. coli by turmeric products has been tested in other studies.
Péret-Almeida (2006), for example, evaluated the antimicrobial activity of turmeric
powder, curcuminoid pigments and turmeric essential oil. In this experiment, only the
essential oil had antimicrobial activity on E. coli, Bacillus subitilis, Salmonella
enterica Choleraesuis, Aspergillus niger and Saccharomyces cereviseae. The same
was observed in the studies of Norajit et al. (2007), Araújo et al. (2015) and Franco
et al. (2007), which also tested turmeric products and there was no activity against
E. coli. The non-action of C. longa v.s. E. coli can be justified by peculiarities of the
bacterium or plant.

As for E. coli, as well as other bacteria, it is believed that the pathogenic and resistant
potential of some strains is due to genetic gains occurred during the evolutionary
process of the species, due to the acquisition of virulence genes, through mutations
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mechanisms of resistance (VIEIRA, 2009). These virulence genes, coming from

extrachromosomal genetic materials (plasmids), encode proteins that enable
colonization, penetration and invasion of new spaces by some bacteria (CORRÊA,
2012), making it difficult to control.

Similarly, the antimicrobial activity for gram-negative bacteria is lower when exposed
to some antimicrobials, associating this fact with the presence of the outer
membrane in the structure of the bacteria, which can restrict the penetration of
certain substances (SINGH et al., 2002; GUL et al., 2004).

Despite this, free curcumin - pigment present in turmeric - and curcumin

microcrystals showed antimicrobial activity on E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus,
Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (SANTOS, 2015; DORNELLAS,
2016). Curcumin was also effective in another study, against gram-negative bacteria
such as E. coli and S. chorelaesuis (TAKEUCHI, 2012). The ethanol extract and
essential oil of C. longa also acted against standard strains and clinical isolates of
E. coli, with the ethanol extract causing greater inhibition compared to the oil
(ÀLVAREZ et al., 2016).

In this context, it is possible to realize that ethanol extract and curcumin were more
effective against E. coli. This can be explained by the concentration of curcumin that
varies in the rhizomes from one plant to another, as Pereira and Stringheta (1998)
pointed out an average curcumin concentration of 2.5% and, Chassagnez; Corrêa
and Meireles (1997), 6.4%. The difference in concentration is often associated with
the composition of the rhizomes or the way it is extracted.

Thus, the turmeric species evaluated here may have presented low curcumin
concentration, influencing the non-antimicrobial activity. Considering that the
phytochemical analysis for C. longa used in this essay, this hypothesis cannot be
confirmed. Regarding the use of OR, it is intended to concentrate the curcuminoid
compounds in relation to the rhizome of the ground plant in powder, because it

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eliminates the starch present in greater quantity in the rhizome (25 to 50 %)

(NAGHETINI, 2006; SABIR et al., 2021). Thus, there is a possibility that OR is more
effective in its antimicrobial action, but in this study this was not confirmed.

There are several factors that can influence the concentration of active components
in turmeric products. The extraction temperature and particle size have a significant
influence on the yield of curcumin extraction with ethanol, according to a study by
Peron et al. (2010) with turmeric OR. The drying temperature at 70 ºC favored the
extraction of OR, as well as contributed to the maintenance of curcumin in the raw
material (CHASSAGNEZ; CORRÊA and MEIRELES, 1997). The drying and rotation
temperature of the OR of this study ranged from 40ºC to 50ºC, which may have
influenced the curcumin concentrations, but this possibility could only be proven,
once again, by phytochemical analyses.

Soil and growing conditions also interfere with the curcumin content of the rhizomes.
Peron et al. (2010), proved that there is a significant difference of 95% between the
rhizomes grown in Piracicaba compared to the rhizomes grown in Monte Alegre do
Sul, both cities in the state of São Paulo.

In addition, there is the extraction method used, which interferes with the
physicochemical differences of plant products. Naghetini (2006), observed that the
extraction with hexane was simpler, faster and of higher yield when compared to the
hydrodistillation. Pereira and Stringheta (1998), on the other hand, state that ethyl
alcohol and acetone are indicated as good solvents, with acetone being the most
used solvent, even presenting some flammability problems and high cost for its
recovery, in order to rid the product of its presence.

A study by Krishnamurthy et al. (1976) on curcuminoid extraction processes with

acetone, ethanol and ethylene dichloro concluded that acetone was more efficient
than ethanol and ethylene dichlorine, providing a product containing 42%

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curcuminoids. Thus, indicating that ethanol, the solvent used in this study, may not
be as effective in extracting the compounds necessary for antimicrobial action.

4. CONCLUSION

The powdered and OR extracts produced from Curcuma longa marketed in

Francisco Beltrão, Paraná, did not show antimicrobial activity for Escherichia coli
strains.

This result may be linked to several factors, such as: the possible resistance of the
bacteria to plant compounds or environmental and management conditions, such
as: temperature, soil type, fertilization, water availability, harvest time and storage
time, which may influence the chemical composition and concentration of PS and
OR components, that have been effective in other studies, such as curcumin.

It is suggested a continuity in the trials, aiming to identify which or what are the
factors that cause disagreements with the literature, as well as the analysis of the
components present in the tested products.

5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We thank the Universidade Paranaense for the study environment provided; the
Guiding Professor Luciana Pellizzaro, for all the time invested in carrying out this
work; the Co-advisor professor, Juliana Pelissari Marchi, for her experience in the
subject and assistance in carrying out this work; and Professor Simone for her
encouragement in publishing my work.

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