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Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis

BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is a major problem that affects a large number of patients in the society. Various treatment alternatives have been proposed to control this pathologic condition. Streptococcus sanguis is one of the countless pathogens involved in periodontitis. OBJECTIVES: The current stud...

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Autores principales: Khosropanah, Hengameh, Bazargani, Abdollah, Ebrahimi, Hooman, Eftekhar, Kimia, Emami, Zahra, Esmailzadeh, Samira
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: DocS 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624172
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author Khosropanah, Hengameh
Bazargani, Abdollah
Ebrahimi, Hooman
Eftekhar, Kimia
Emami, Zahra
Esmailzadeh, Samira
author_facet Khosropanah, Hengameh
Bazargani, Abdollah
Ebrahimi, Hooman
Eftekhar, Kimia
Emami, Zahra
Esmailzadeh, Samira
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description BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is a major problem that affects a large number of patients in the society. Various treatment alternatives have been proposed to control this pathologic condition. Streptococcus sanguis is one of the countless pathogens involved in periodontitis. OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to assess the efficacy of pineapple extract per se and in synergy with vancomycin on the growth activity of S. Sanguis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An experimental study was designed to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Pineapple extract per se and in conjunction with vancomycin. The study was carried out in three stages. Serial concentrations of the aqueous pineapple extract, vancomycin, and pineapple plus vancomycin were prepared by broth microdilution technique respectively and were exposed to the standard laboratory strain of S. sanguis (10556 ATCC). The lowest concentration of the pineapple extract and the mixed pineapple/vancomycin solution which inhibited bacterial growth was recorded as the MIC. RESULTS: The minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin was determined 1 µg/ ml. The pineapple extract failed to show any inhibitory effects per se, however, once added to vancomycin, it reduced the MIC to 0.5µg/ml. CONCLUSION: Prescription of pineapple extract along with antibiotics increases the antibacterial effects of the drug, therefore reduces the minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic.
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spelling pubmed-39418732014-03-12 Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis Khosropanah, Hengameh Bazargani, Abdollah Ebrahimi, Hooman Eftekhar, Kimia Emami, Zahra Esmailzadeh, Samira Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod Research Article BACKGROUND: Periodontitis is a major problem that affects a large number of patients in the society. Various treatment alternatives have been proposed to control this pathologic condition. Streptococcus sanguis is one of the countless pathogens involved in periodontitis. OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to assess the efficacy of pineapple extract per se and in synergy with vancomycin on the growth activity of S. Sanguis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An experimental study was designed to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Pineapple extract per se and in conjunction with vancomycin. The study was carried out in three stages. Serial concentrations of the aqueous pineapple extract, vancomycin, and pineapple plus vancomycin were prepared by broth microdilution technique respectively and were exposed to the standard laboratory strain of S. sanguis (10556 ATCC). The lowest concentration of the pineapple extract and the mixed pineapple/vancomycin solution which inhibited bacterial growth was recorded as the MIC. RESULTS: The minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin was determined 1 µg/ ml. The pineapple extract failed to show any inhibitory effects per se, however, once added to vancomycin, it reduced the MIC to 0.5µg/ml. CONCLUSION: Prescription of pineapple extract along with antibiotics increases the antibacterial effects of the drug, therefore reduces the minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic. DocS 2012-10-07 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3941873/ /pubmed/24624172 Text en Copyright © 2012 School of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khosropanah, Hengameh
Bazargani, Abdollah
Ebrahimi, Hooman
Eftekhar, Kimia
Emami, Zahra
Esmailzadeh, Samira
Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title_full Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title_fullStr Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title_short Assessing the Effect of Pineapple Extract Alone and in Combination With Vancomycin on Streptococcus sanguis
title_sort assessing the effect of pineapple extract alone and in combination with vancomycin on streptococcus sanguis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24624172
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