title: Antibacterial and mutagenic activities of new isothiocyanate derivatives.
abstract: Nine newly synthesized isothiocyanate derivatives were demonstrated to posses antibacterial and genotoxic activities in vitro. 4-Hydroxybutyl isothiocyanate exhibited a broad antibacterial effect, with MIC values of 762 mumol/L for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Ethyl 4-methylsulfoxidobutanoate had the highest antibacterial activity in Gram-positive bacteria, the MIC value being 425 mumol/L for S. aureus. The highest tested concentrations of ethyl 4-isothiocyanatobutanoate and 4-hydroxybutyl isothiocyanate produced a bacteriocidal effect in Gram-positive bacteria. The compounds showed no mutagenic effects on Salmonella typhimurium tester strains TA 98 and TA 100, either in the absence or in the presence of a metabolically active microsomal S9 fraction from rat liver using standard Ames test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak University of Technology, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sovcíková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikulásová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horáková
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Floch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017879:Isothiocyanates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D009153:Mutagens