Enhancing activity of antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus: Zanthoxylum capense constituents and derivatives
- Authors: Cabral V, Costa SS, Couto I, Duarte A, Ferreira M-JU, Junqueira E, Luo X, Mulhovo S, Viveiros M
- Publication Year: 2015
- Journal: Phytomedicine
- Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944711315000495?via%3Dihub
Six compounds (1-6), isolated from the methanol extract of the roots of the African medicinal plant Zanthoxylum capense Thunb. (Rutaceae), and seven ester derivatives (7-13) were evaluated for their antibacterial activities and modulatory effects on the MIC of antibiotics (erythromycin, oxacillin, and tetracycline) and ethidium bromide (EtBr) against a Staphylococcus aureus reference strain (ATCC 6538). […]
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