Research Article

Antistaphylococcal and Antibiotic Resistance Modulatory Activities of Thirteen Cameroonian Edible Plants against Resistant Phenotypes

Table 6

MIC of extracts and ciprofloxacin in the absence (−) and presence (+) of chlorpromazine (CPZ) against selected strains of Staphylococcus aureus.

Bacterial strainsaSamplesb and MIC in µg/mL and fold increase of activity (in parentheses)
DESHELUGBUGLCIP
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ATCC 25923512512 (1)512512 (1)1281024 (0.13)22 (1)
MRSA3256256 (1)10241024 (1)512512 (1)44 (1)
MRSA4512512 (1)256256 (1)10241024 (1)22 (1)
MRSA6256256 (1)512128 (2)512512 (1)256−(0.25)22 (1)
MRSA8256256 (1)10241024 (1)256256 (1)12 (0.5)
MRSA9256256 (1)10241024 (1)512512 (1)256−(0.25)12 (0.5)
MRSA11512512 (1)10241024 (1)512512 (1)128−(<0.13)44 (1)
MRSA12512512 (1)512512 (1)22 (1)
SA01512512 (1)10241024 (1)512512 (1)512512 (1)11 (1)
SA07512512 (1)10241024 (1)512512 (1)10241024 (1)44 (1)
SA18512512 (1)10241024 (1)11 (1)
SA88512512 (1)10241024 (1)44 (1)
SA11410241024 (1)10241024 (1)11 (1)
SA135512512 (1)10241024 (1)11 (1)

aBacterial strain (SA: Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus); bsamples (DES: Dacryodes edulis seeds, HEL: Hibiscus esculentus leaves, UGL: Uapaca guineensis leaves, UGB: Uapaca guineensis bark, CIP: ciprofloxacin); CPZ: chlorpromazine at 25 µg/mL; CIP: ciprofloxacin; MIC: minimal inhibitory concentration.