Research Article

Nonselective Mevalonate Kinase Inhibitor as a Novel Class of Antibacterial Agents

Table 1

MIC and MLC of VS with or without glycine or EDTA.

Vanadyl sulfate (mg/mL)Vanadyl sulfate + glycine (mg/mL)Vanadyl sulfate + EDTA (mg/mL)
MICMLCMICMLCMIC

S. aureus 24224
E. faecalis 28
E. coli 88464
P. aeruginosa 224

Adding glycine or EDTA improved the antibacterial effect of  VS. Data are expressed as average of three assays.