Potentiation antimicrobials

Both Australia and New Zealand have indigenous tea trees in the family Myrtaceae, which were reputedly used for brewing tea by Captain Cook. There is, however, no resemblance between real tea Camellia sinensis, Camelliaceae, and the taste or odor of these species. The Australian tea tree oil from Melaleuca alternifolia and other Melaleuca species has strong antimicrobial potential (see Lis-Balchin et al., 2000, for a review and references). 

Mulu, A., Tessema, B., and Derbie, F. (2004). In vitro assessment of the antimicrobial potential of honey on common human pathogens. Ethiop. ]. Health Dev. 18(2), 107-112. 

The first report of the distinct antimicrobial potentiality was made by Prof. Joseph Molnar and his associates in 1975 [71]. The drug was chlorpromazine, a phenothiazine discovered in 1950 for its antipsychotic property [ 14]. 

De Vuyst, L. and Vandamme, E.J. 1994. Antimicrobial potential of lactic acid bacteria. In Bacteriocins of Lactic Acid Bacteria (L. De Vuyst and EJ. Vandamme, eds), pp. 91-142. Blackie Academic and Professional, Glasgow. 

Nes, I.E and Johnsborg, O. 2004. Exploration of antimicrobial potential in LAB by genomics. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 15 100-104. 

Intrinsic antimicrobial potential of food product is enhanced... 

De Vuyst, L., Makras, L.A., and Holo, H. 2004. Antimicrobial potential of probiotic or potentially probiotic lactic acid bacteria, the first results of the International European Research Project PROPATH of the PROEUHEALTH cluster. Microbial Ecolocy in Health and Disease 16 125-130. 

Immunocompromised patients must be assessed continuously for evidence of infection and response to antimicrobial therapy. Because a large number of antimicrobials potentially may be used, the occurrence of drug-related ad-... 

Woguem, V Fogang, H. P., Maggi, F., Tapondjou, L. A., Women , H. M Quassinti, L. et al. (2014). Volatile oil from striped African pepper (Xylopiaparvifolium, Annonaceae) possesses notable cbemoprotective, anti-in ammatory and antimicrobial potential. FoodClwm. 149,183-189. 

Antimicrobial Potential of Hypericum patulum Stem and Leaf Extracts... 

Mukherjee PK, Saritha GS, Suresh B. Antimicrobial potential of two different Hypericum species available in aAia. Phytother Res 16(7), 692-695, 2002. 

In addition to these effects, neurotoxic effects of certain PAs have been demonstrated in in-vitro receptor assays [130]. However, the relevance of these rather sporadic effects in vivo needs clarification. In a broad screening in which the interaction of many compounds from different classes of alkaloids with various molecular targets were tested, in almost all cases PAs were found to be inactive [131]. There are a few reports that indicate sporadic and weak (i.e., EC5o>0.5 mg ml antibacterial and antifungal activity [132-134] of PAs. These effects do not indicate an efficient antimicrobial potential of PAs. In this context it should be recalled that in plants PAs are constitutively formed they seem not to be induced by wounding, herbivorous or microbial attack [135-137]. 

Jerkovic I, Gaso-Sokac D, Pavlovic H, Marijanovic Z, Gugic M, Petrovic I, Kovac S (2012) Volatile organic compounds from Centaurium erythraea Rafii (Croatia) and the antimicrobial potential of its essential oil. Molecules 17 2058-2072. doi 10.3390/molecules 17022058... 

Da Silva MA, lamanaka BT, Taniwaki MH, Kieckbusch TG. Evaluation of the antimicrobial potential of alginate and alginate/chitosan films containing potassium sorbate and natamycin. Packag Technol Sci 2013 26 (8) 479 92. 

As early as 1944, reports have showed that extracts and constituents from C. zeylanicum possess antimicrobial potential. Unlu et al (2010) demonstrated that the essential oil showed strong antimierobial activity against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria Staphylococcus... 

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