Potentiating effect of Mentha arvensis and chlorpromazine in the resistance to aminoglycosides of methicillin - Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

In Vivo

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Coutinho, Henrique Douglas Melo ^a,d   Costa, José G M ^a   Lima, Edeltrudes O ^b   Falcão Silva, Vivyanne S ^c   Siqueira Jr , José P ^c  

^a Center of Biological Sciences and Health   (Brazil)

^b Center of Health Sciences   (Brazil)

^c Center of Exacts and Natural Sciences   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Chlorpromazine; Ethanolic extract; Mentha arvensis; Modifying antibiotic activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MENTHA ARVENTIS EXTRACT; NEOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENTIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORPROMAZINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; MENTHA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 64549091463     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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