36538

Combinatorial effect of probiotics and some medicinal oils on pathogenic bacteria

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

Probiotics (PB) and medicinal oils (MO) have beneficial effects against microbial gut infections. The present study aimed to evaluate the in vitro combined antibacterial activities of PB and MO against pathogenic strains. Antibacterial activities of three probiotic strains (Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus acidophilus) and five MO (Bitter almond, Clove, Eucalyptus, Peppermint and Thyme oils) were investigated using agar well diffusion method. Cell-free supernatant (CFS) from PB combined with MO showed antagonistic effects against most of the tested pathogenic strains. Thyme and clove oils showed the highest activity. The combinations of CFS from PB and MO were tested by agar well diffusion method. These combinations showed synergistic activity against the S. aureus especially combinations containing clove, peppermint and thyme oils. Combinations were investigated also by Checkerboard dilution method. Most of CSF significantly lowered the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of MO against the tested bacteria and fractional inhibitory concentration indices (FICIs) for these combinations ranged from 0.12 to 0.75. Most of the tested CFS-MO combinations showed marked synergistic activity against S. aureus, E.coli and K. pneumoniae. In a conclusion, in vitro antibacterial study for CFS-MO combinations in our ongoing work suggests the possibility of using these combinations in clinical urinary and gastrointestinal tract infections.

DOI

10.21608/jabps.2019.11314.1041

Keywords

probiotics, Essential oils, gut infection, Antibacterial, checkerboard

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Hashem

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, 62513 New Beni Suef, Egypt

Email

mahmoud.shawky@nub.edu.eg

City

Minia

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First Name

Abobakr

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, kingdom of SaudiArabia

Email

abobakrfathe80@gmail.com

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Wael

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Tropical, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt

Email

medicineleader@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Gad

MiddleName

Fadl M.

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt

Email

gfmgad2005@yahoo.com

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-

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Volume

2

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

5967

Issue Date

2019-07-01

Receive Date

2019-04-18

Publish Date

2019-07-01

Page Start

121

Page End

128

Print ISSN

2535-1869

Online ISSN

2535-2040

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https://jabps.journals.ekb.eg/article_36538.html

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Original Article

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522

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Publication Title

Journal of advanced Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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https://jabps.journals.ekb.eg/

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Combinatorial effect of probiotics and some medicinal oils on pathogenic bacteria

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Created At

22 Jan 2023