Rutin(R) exhibits a wide range of biological activities including anticarcinogenic, antiinflammatory and antiviral actions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of rutin concentrations (1 and 3 wt%) on the antibacterial activity of poly(3-hydroxybutylate-co-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV) scaffolds. Antibacterial activity was evaluated by using Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Furthermore, the qualitative ongrowth of human KB endothelial cells was done to study in vitro cytotoxicity of the scaffolds. As the results, PHBV scaffolds containing 3 wt% rutin completely inhibited the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. In addition, the PHBV/R scaffolds used in this study did not show any cytotoxicity when evaluated them with KB endothelial cells.

루틴은 항발암, 소염제, 항바이러스성 기능을 갖는 물질이다. 미생물이 만들어낸 폴리에스테르인 PHBV와 루틴을 전기방사하여 나노섬유 부직포를 얻었다. 나노섬유 부직포의 항균성은 황색포도상구균 (Staphylococcus aureus), 폐렴간균(Klebsiella pneumoniae)을 사용하여 평가하였고, KB 셀을 이용하여 세포독성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 루틴을 3wt% 함유할 때 지지체는 우수한 항균성을 보였으며, KB 셀을 이용한 실험결과로부터 루틴을 함유하는 PHBV 지지체는 세포독성을 나타내지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

Keywords: cytotoxicity; antibacterial; rutin; PHBV; KB cell.