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Antibacterial and Antibiotic Modifying Potential of Crude Extracts, Fractions, and Compounds from Acacia polyacantha Willd. against MDR Gram-Negative Bacteria

Table 6

Antibiotic resistance modulatory activity of 3-O-[β-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-galactopyranosyl]-oleanolic acid (8) against MDR Gram-negative bacteria.

AntibioticsExtract
concentration
Bacteria, MIC (μg/mL) and modulating factors of compound 8 (in bracket)
ATCC8739AG102ATCC13048CM64KP55KP63PA124NEA16PBS (%)

ERY0128256256256256256256256
MIC/2256 (0.5)128 (2)256 (1)128 (2)128 (2)64 (4)64 (4)128 (2)75
MIC/4128 (1)128 (2)128 (2)256 (1)256 (1)64 (4)128 (2)256 (1)50

CLX02561024> 1024> 10241024512> 1024> 1024
MIC/21024 (0.25)> 1024 (> 1)> 1024 (≥ 1)> 1024 (≥ 1)1024 (1)1024 (0.5)> 1024 (≥ 1)> 1024 (≥ 1)0
MIC/4> 1024(>0.25)> 1024 (> 1)> 1024 (≥ 1)> 1024 ≥ 1)1024 (1)> 1024 (> 0.5)> 1024 (≥ 1)> 1024 (≥ 1)0

KAN01616< 216464864
MIC/24 (4)64 (0.25)128 (0.015)128 (0.125)< 2 (2)256 (0.25)8 (1)128 (0.5)25
MIC/4128 (0.125)32 (0.25)128 (0.015)128 (0.125)< 2 (2)256 (0.25)8 (1)128 (0.5)12.5

GEN03216161625632128256
MIC/2256 (0.125)64 (0.25)128 (0.125)8 (2)64 (4)256 (0.125)64 (2)256 (1)37.5
MIC/4256 (0.125)> 256 (> 0.062)128 (0.125)128 (0.125)128(2)> 256 (>0.125)128 (1)128 (2)25

DOX0< 141616486432
MIC/2< 1 (≤ 1)2 (2)16 (1)32 (0.5)a< 1 (> 4)2 (4)32 (2)16 (2)62.5
MIC/4< 1 (≤ 1)4 (1)32 (0.5)a32 (0.5)a< 1 (> 4)2 (4)32 (2)32 (1)37.5

CHL023216256643225664
MIC/22 (1)16 (2)16 (1)256 (1)32 (2)32 (1)256 (1)64 (1)25
MIC/41 (2)32(1)16 (1) 256 (1)32 (2)16 (2)256 (1)64 (1)37.5

NOR0483232886432
MIC/22 (2)8 (1)> 128 (> 0.25)64 (0.5)4 (2)8 (1)32 (2)128 (0.125)37.5
MIC/4< 1 (> 4)2 (4)128 (0.25)64 (0.5)4 (2)4 (2)32 (2)128 (0.125)62.5

CIP0< 0.5188< 0.51648
MIC/2< 0.5 (≤ 1)< 0.5 (> 2)64 (0.125)64 (0.125)< 0.5 (≤ 1)4 (0.25)64 (1)64 (0.125)12.5
MIC/42 (0.25)< 0.5 (> 2)64 (0.125)64 (0.125)1 (2)2 (0.5)64 (1)64 (0.125)12.5

ERY: erythromycin; CLX: cloxacillin; KAN: kanamycin; GEN: gentamycin; DOX: doxyciclin; CHL: chloramphenicol; NOR: norfloxacin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; bacterial strains: Escherichia coli (AG102, ATCC8739); Enterobacter aerogenes (ATCC13048, CM64); Klebsiella pneumonia (KP55, KP63); P. aeruginosa PA124; Providencia stuartii NEA16; PBS: percentage of bacteria strain on which synergism has been observed. (): ameliorating factor of the antibiotics after association with compound 8; S: synergy; I: indifference; a: antagonist; values in bold: case of synergy [19, 20].