Interactions of antibiotics and extracts of Helichrysum pedunculatum against bacteria implicated in wound infections

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2010 Mar;55(2):176-80. doi: 10.1007/s12223-010-0026-5. Epub 2010 May 19.

Abstract

The effect of combinations of the crude acetone and aqueous extracts of Helichrysum pedunculatum leaves and eight antibiotics was determined by means of checkerboard and time-kill methods. In the checkerboard method, synergy of 45.8% was observed, being independent of Gram reaction, with combinations in the aqueous extract yielding largely (18.8%) antagonistic interactions. The time-kill assay detected synergy (45.8%) that was also independent of Gram reaction with a potentiation of more than 3 orders of the bactericidal activity of the test antibiotics. The crude leaf extracts of H. pedunculatum could thus be considered to be potential source of a broad-spectrum antibiotic-resistance-modifying compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Drug Synergism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Helichrysum / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Wound Infection / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Plant Extracts