Synergistic antimicrobial activity of Camellia sinensis and juglans regia against multidrug-resistant bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Farooqui, Amber ^a,b,c   Khan, Adnan ^a,b   Borghetto, Ilaria ^b   Kazmi, Shahana U ^a   Rubino, Salvatore ^b,d   Paglietti, Bianca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; JUGLANS REGIA EXTRACT; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONAL INHIBITORY INDEX; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; JUGLANS REGIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; WALNUT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELLIA SINENSIS; JUGLANS REGIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DRUG SYNERGISM; JUGLANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXACILLIN; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84923795071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118431     Document Type: Article

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