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. 2014 Jun 27;14:172. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-172

Table 2.

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of curcumin, epigallocatechin gallate and combinations of both compounds and fractional inhibitory concentration indexes (FICIs) versus Acinetobacter baumannii

Isolate MICs in monotherapy (μg/mL)
MICs in combination (μg/mL)
FICIs
CCM EGCG CCM EGCG
AB 19606
>256
1024
4
256
0.258 (S)
AB 14
>256
1024
4
512
0.508 (Ad)
AB 16
>256
1024
32
512
0.56 (Ad)
AB 186
>256
512
64
128
0.38 (S)
AB 202
>256
1024
64
512
0.63 (Ad)
AB 205
>256
1024
4
512
0.508 (Ad)
AB 292
>256
1024
4
256
0.258 (S)
AB 306
>256
128
4
32
0.258 (S)
AB 308 >256 256 4 64 0.258 (S)

MICs were within +/-1 dilution on replicate tests. CCM = curcumin, EGCG = epigallocatechin gallate, S = synergy, Ad = additive effect.