Inhibition of penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by combination of ampicillin and a bioactive fraction from Duabanga grandiflora

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Santiago, Carolina ^a   Pang, Ee Leen ^a   Lim, Kuan Hon ^a   Loh, Hwei San ^a   Ting, Kang Nee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Duabanga grandiflora; MRSA; PBP2a; Synergistic activity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AMPICILLIN; DUABANGA GRANDIFLORA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BROTH DILUTION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG ISOLATION; DUABANGA GRANDIFLORA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYTHRACEAE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; HUMANS; LYTHRACEAE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84938974460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0699-z     Document Type: Article

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