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PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
卷 52, 期 5, 页码 560-565出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.853810
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Aminoglycosides; aroeira; clindamycin; Escherichia coli; essential oil; Staphylococcus aureus; synergism
Context: The combination of antibiotics with natural products has demonstrated promising synergistic effects in several therapeutic studies. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a combination of an ethanol extract of Myracrodruon urundeuva Fr. All. (Anacardiaceae) (aroeira plant) and its essential oil with six antimicrobial drugs against multiresistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli from clinical isolates. Materials and methods: After identification of the chemical components by GC-MS, the antibacterial activity of the natural products and antibiotics was assessed by determining the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) using the microdilution method and concentrations ranging 8-512 mu g/mL and 0.0012-2.5 mg/mL, respectively. Assays were performed to test for a possible synergistic action between the plant products and the antimicrobials, using the extract and the oil at a sub-inhibitory concentration (128 mu g/mL) and antibiotic at concentrations varying between 8 and 512 mu g/mL. Results: The GC-MS analysis identified the main compound as delta-carene (80.41%). The MIC of the natural products was >1024 mg/mL, except against S. aureus ATCC25923. Only the combinations of the natural products with gentamicin, amikacin and clindamycin were effective against S. aureus 358, enhancing the antibiotic activity by reducing the MIC. Conclusions: The extract from aroeira showed a higher antibacterial activity and the oil was more effective in potentiating the activity of conventional antibiotics.
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