Isolation and Characterization of Antibacterial Compounds from Ganoderma boninense Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Abstract

Background: Community and nosocomial-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Malaysian healthcare setting are terrifically increasing in recent years. There is an urgent need for an effective antibacterial agent to cope with this important issue. Due to the development of new antibiotics is not parallel with the increase of cases of infections, researchers have initiated isolation of compounds from natural resources to develop new potent therapeutic agent. Meanwhile, Ganoderma boninense is an oil palm devastating pathogen, which has been known to contain many bioactive compounds that might be potential to be developed as a new source of therapeutic agent.

Keywords: Ganoderma boninense, MRSA, Ergosterol, Ganoboninketal, antibacterial, dereplication