Isopimaric acid from Pinus nigra shows activity against multidrug-resistant and EMRSA strains of Staphylococcus aureus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 538-542

  Smith, Eileen ^a   Williamson, Elizabeth ^a   Zloh, Mire ^a   Gibbons, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efflux; EMRSA; Isopimaric acid; MDR; MRSA; Multidrug resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ABIETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DITERPENE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOPIMARIC ACID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PINUS NIGRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NORA; PROTEIN TETK; RESERPINE; RESIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PINUS NIGRA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENANTHRENES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEREOISOMERISM;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PINUS NIGRA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 25144487837     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1711     Document Type: Article

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