Review Article
A Comprehensive Review on Pharmacotherapeutics of Herbal Bioenhancers
Table 22
Enhancement of antibiotic activity by glycyrrhizin (1
μg/mL) in combination with antibiotics against different organisms [
154,
155].
| | Organisms | Antibiotics | Concentration (μg/mL) | Fold enhancement of activity |
| | E. coli (ATCC 10536) | Rifampicin | 10.0 | 3.8 | | Rifampicin | 20.0 | 14.0 | | Nalidixic acid | 8.0 | 9.5 | | Ampicillin | 6.0 | 12.6 | | Ampicillin | 8.0 | 2.1 | | Tetracycline | 2.0 | 1.9 | | Tetracycline | 4.0 | 9.0 | | B. subtilis (ATCC 6015) | Nalidixic acid | 6.0 | 4.5 | | Nalidixic acid | 8.0 | 6.75 | | Tetracycline | 1.0 | 5.0 | | M. smegmatis (ATCC 14468) | Rifampicin | 0.5 | 6.5 | | Nalidixic acid | 4.0 | 7.7 | | Tetracycline | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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