Pharmacological synergism of bee venom and melittin with antibiotics and plant secondary metabolites against multi-drug resistant microbial pathogens

Phytomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 245-255

  Al Ani, Issam ^a,b   Zimmermann, Stefan ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MIDDLE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Bee venom; Benzyl isothiocyanate; Berberine; Carvacrol; Melittin; Sanguinarine

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BEE VENOM; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BERBERINE; CARVACROL; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MELITTIN; NYSTATIN; OXACILLIN; PHARMACOLOGY; SANGUINARINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPENE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEE VENOMS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; BERBERINE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ISOQUINOLINES; MELITTEN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; PHARMACOLOGY; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

APOIDEA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84964194582     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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