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Synergistic interaction of phenylpropanoids with antibiotics against bacteria Free

Abstract

Phenylpropanoids constitute a large part of our daily diet and there is a possibility that they might interact with synthetic drugs. The present work was aimed at studying the interaction of seven phenylpropanoids (cinnamic, -coumaric, caffeic, chlorogenic, ferulic, 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic and 2,4,5-trimethoxycinnamic acid) with five antibiotics (amikacin, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and vancomycin) against Gram-negative (, and ) and Gram-positive () bacteria. The interaction studies were performed by chequerboard and time–kill curve assays. Both assays revealed that cinnamic, -coumaric and ferulic acids were the most active. They combined synergistically with the majority of the antibiotics and exhibited enhanced activity against all the micro-organisms. The time–kill curve parameters were better (<0.05) for the combinations of amikacin with ferulic, cinnamic or -coumaric acid than for the individual treatments. Amikacin was the most favourable antibiotic and was the most sensitive microbe to most of the combinations. These phenylpropanoids damaged the bacterial membrane as assessed by the LIVE/DEAD Light kit, and structure–activity relationship studies indicated that hydrophilic groups enhanced this activity.

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Keyword(s): ABTKC, area under the curve for control and treated , AUTKC, area under the time–kill curve , FIC, fractional inhibitory concentration and QSAR, quantitative structure–activity relationship
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