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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 Jul 12;137(2):1055–1059. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.012

Table 2.

MIC50 and MIC90 values for compounds 1, 2, and the ethyl acetate extract of Gynoxys verrucosa against various strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MSSE).

Organism S. aureus (UAMS-1625) S. aureus (UAMS-1864, ATCC 33593) S. aureus (UAMS-1865, NRSa 385) S. (UAMS-1, ATCCb 49230) S. epidermidis (UAMS-1037, NRSa 101, ATCCd 35984) S. epidermidis (UAMS-302, O-47c)
Phenotype MRSA MRSA MRSA MSSA MRSE MSSE

Source Brain abscess (Sifri et al., 2007) Bloodstream Bloodstream Osteomyelitis (bone) Catheter sepsis Unknown

Antibiotic Resistance Profiled AMP; CIP; ERY; KAN; LVX; NEO; OX; PEN AMP; CLI; ERY; GM; KAN; OX; PEN; SXT; TET AMP; CIP; CLI; CZe; ERY; GM; KAN; LVX; OX; PEN; SXT; TET AMP; PEN AMP; CIP; CLI; ERY; GM; KAN; LVXe; OX; PEN AMP; PEN

MIC50 (μg/mL) Extract 908 1460 3290 980 2190 1300
1 >246 >246 >246 >246 >246 >246
2 49 49 147 98 195 195
OX 36 26 92 3 19 0.08
VAN 2.7 3.2 4 3.2 2.8 2.3

MIC90 (μg/mL) 2 450 280 400 440 680 490
OX 48 80 132 5 88 0.75
VAN 4.9 4.7 5 4.8 4.6 4.5
a

NRS: Network for Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

b

ATCC: American Type Culture Collection

c

O-47 was kindly provided by the F. Gotz’s collection of clinical isolates from Germany

d

AMP: Ampicillin; CIP: Ciprofloxacin; CLI: Clindamycin; CZ: Cefazolin; ERY: Erythromycin; GM: Gentamicin; KAN: Kanomycin; LVX: Levofloxacin; NEO: Neomycin; OX: Oxacillin (Methicillin); PEN: Penicillin; SXT: Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethroprim; TET: Tetracycline; VAN: Vancomycin

e

Intermediate resistance