Research Article

Bacteriostatic Antimicrobial Combination: Antagonistic Interaction between Epsilon-Viniferin and Vancomycin against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Table 1

Determination of MIC values of stilbenoids and linezolid against MRSA ATCC 33591 and HKUM strains.

Concentration (mg/mL)ATCC 33591 HUKM strain
-ViniferinJohorenol ALinezolidε-ViniferinJohorenol ALinezolid

0.4
0.2
0.1
0.05+
0.025++++
0.0125++++
0.00625++++++
0.00313++++++
0.00156++++++
0.00078++++++

+: presence of bacterial growth.
−: absence of bacterial growth.
Positive control comprises bacterial suspension and Mueller-Hinton broth.
Negative control comprises antimicrobial agent and Mueller-Hinton broth.