| Literature DB >> 12234572 |
Simon Gibbons1, Birgit Ohlendorf, Inga Johnsen.
Abstract
In the present study, extracts of 34 species and varieties of the genus Hypericum were screened for activity against a clinical isolate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which in addition possessed a multidrug efflux mechanism conferring a high level of resistance to therapeutically useful antibiotics. Thirty-three of the 34 chloroform extracts showed significant activity in a disk diffusion assay, and five extracts had minimum inhibitory concentrations of 64 microg/ml, indicating that this genus has great potential to yield compounds with potent activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12234572 DOI: 10.1016/s0367-326x(02)00082-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fitoterapia ISSN: 0367-326X Impact factor: 2.882