Assessment Of The Antimicrobial, Antioxidant And Cytotoxic Activities Of The Wild Edible Mushroom Pleurotus Eryngii From Hakkari, Turkey

Abstract

Abstract: Mushroom is an important source of natural compounds with acknowledged bioactivity. Pleurotus eryngii, in particular, is widely recognized for its organoleptic quality and favorable healthy effects, being commercially produced in great extent. The present study is just for evaluating the antioxidant capacity (scavenging DPPH radicals, reducing power, Total antioxidant activity by β-carotene-linoleic acid metod, Chelating effect on ferrous ions, superoxide anion radical scavenging activity ), antimicrobial effects (by using the disc diffusion method) and insufficiently studied cytotoxic activity (using PC-3 cell lines) of Pleurotus eryngii by using various solvent systems. For this reason; obtained extracts of the mushroom applying hexane, ethylacetate and methanol respectively were tested with in its biologic activities. As a result, The highest total antioxidant activity by β -carotene-linoleic acid metod was identified in methanol extract (63.62 mg /ml). The highest DPPH scavenging activity was obtained from ethyl acetate extract with 88.81 mg/ml. EDTA is used as standard in methal chelating activity. The highest metal chelating activity of Pleurotus eryngii identified in hexane (88,1 mg /ml) and ethylacetate (88.84 mg /ml) extracts. Additionally, in most of studied tests antioxidant activity of the mushroom increased with increasing concentration. On the other hand, the highest antimicrobial activity was obtained against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (11 mm) in ethyl acetate extract. However, the best antimicrobial activities were observed in hexane and methanol extracts for other tested microorganism. It was not determined any antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922. It has been found that the potential of cytotoxic activity is depended on concentration and solvent type of extracts. Ethyl acetate extract showed significant inhibitory value at the concentrations of 530 µg/ml (86.20 %) against PC-3 cell lines. Using methanol extract, the maximun inhibition was observed at concentration of 680 µg/ml with value of 51.86 %. Overall, the mushroom used as a daily nutrient could be a source for new drug developments and a kind of treatment in cancer therapies, and also, organic extracts of Pleurotus eryngii may contain substances that stimulate bioactivity