Research Article

Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation by Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herb Herba patriniae

Table 3

Effect of water and ethanolic herb extracts on biofilm-associated genes expression.

The English name of herbsWater extractThe English name of herbsEthanolic extract
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Atractylodes lancea+1.50−2.5000Atractylodes lancea000000
Cortex fraxini0−3−1.5−100Cortex fraxini−1.8−2.5−0.5−1.500
Cyrtomium fortunei0−1.5−2−100Cyrtomium fortunei000000
Erodium stephanianum Willd.aaaaaaErodium stephanianum willdaaaaaa
Folium artemisiae Argyi−20−20−1.50Folium artemisiae argyi00−20−1.50
Fructus quisqualisaaaaaaFructus quisqualisaaaaaa
Herba agrimoniaeaaaaaaHerba agrimoniaeaaaaaa
Herba patriniae−2−2.5−0.5−2.50−2Herba patriniae0000−1.5−1
Herba scutellariae barbatae000−100Herba scutellariae barbatae00000−1.5
Pomegranate rind−1.5−1.20−100Pomegranate rind−1.5−1−1−0.500
Portulacae herba+100+1.500Portulacae herba000000
Radix paeoniae−0.5−0.500−10Radix paeoniae000000
Radix sanguisorbae−1.5−1−1.5−1−0.50Radix sanguisorbae−1.6−1.500−0.50
Radix lithospermi0−1.2−20−10Radix lithospermi000000
Scrophulariae−2+1.50000Scrophulariae−0.50−1000
Smoked plumaaaaaaSmoked plumaaaaaa
Taraxacum mongolicum000000Taraxacum mongolicum0+20000
Tripterygium−1.50−2.5000Tripterygium00−20−2.50

Note: herbal extracts were used at 1.6 mg/mL. The values shown represent maximal inhibition (fold changes between experiments with and without herb extract). “+” represents induction of gene expression by herb extracts; “−” represents inhibition of biofilm gene expression by herb extracts; “0” represents no effect of biofilm gene expression by herb extracts; “a” represents inhibition of the growth of bacteria. Numbers represent fold changes at the time points where maximal expression was reached in the absence of herbal extract.