Research Article

Rosmarinic Acid and Its Methyl Ester as Antimicrobial Components of the Hydromethanolic Extract of Hyptis atrorubens Poit. (Lamiaceae)

Table 5

Antibacterial activities, indicated by Fractional Inhibitory Concentrations of combined compounds against selected microorganisms.

BacteriaMIC (mg/mL)-FIC
RA + MRRA + IQRA + HSMR + IQMR + HSIQ + HSRA + MR + IQ + HS

Staphylococcus epidermidis 50010.3-(I)1.2-(AN)0.3-(I)0.3-(I)0.3-(I)2.50-(I)0.15-(I)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 0.3-(I)0.6-(I)0.6-(I)0.3-(I)0.6-(I)2.50-(A)0.15-(I)
Enterococcus faecalis C159-6 0.15-(A)0.6-(I)0.3-(I)0.15-(A)0.3-(I)1.25-(I)0.07-(S)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis T26A3 0.6-(I)0.3-(A)0.6-(I)0.15-(S)0.6-(I)2.50-(I)0.3-(I)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27583 1.2-(I)1.2-(I)1.2-(A)1.2-(I)1.2-(I) 2.50-(I)0.6-(I)
Corynebacterium T25-170.3-(S)0.6-(A)0.6-(A)0.15-(S)0.6-(A) 1.25-(I)0.3-(A)
Mycobacterium smegmatis 50030.3-(A)0.6-(A)0.3-(S)0.3-(A)0.3-(A)2.50-(I)0.3-(A)
Staphylococcus warneri T12A120.15-(A)0.6-(A)0.3-(S)0.3-(I)0.3-(I)2.50-(I)0.3-(I)

Synergy (S, FIC ≤ 0.5), addition (A, 0.5 < FIC < 1), indifference (I, 1 < FIC < 4), and antagonism (AN, FIC ≥ 4) (ratio 1 : 1).