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Activity of Essential Oil from Mentha piperita against Some Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains and Its Combination Effects with Antibiotics  

Choi, Sung-Hee (College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University)
Shin, Seung-Won (College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University)
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Natural Product Sciences / v.13, no.2, 2007 , pp. 164-168 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate natural antibiotics from plant essential oils and to evaluate their synergism with current antimicrobial drugs in inhibiting antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of eleven plant essential oils and their main components were established for two antibiotic-susceptible and two antibiotic-resistant strains of S. pneumoniae, using broth microdilution tests. Potential synergism with oxacillin, norfloxacin, or erythromycin was evaluated using a checkerboard microtitre assay. Among the tested oils, Mentha piperita oil and its main component, menthol, exhibited the strongest inhibitory activities against all of the tested strains. The activity of antibiotics against antibiotic-resistant strains of S. pneumoniae was enhanced significantly by combination with Mentha piperita oils and its main component, menthol. In conclusion, the combination Mentha piperita essential oil or menthol with antibiotics could be used to reduce the effective dose of antibiotic and to modulate the resistance of S. pneumoniae strains.
Keywords
Mentha piperita; menthol; antibiotic-resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae synergism;
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