Zhao Wei-Hua, Hu Zhi-Qing, Hara Yukihiko, Shimamura Tadakatsu
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Jul;46(7):2266-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.7.2266-2268.2002.
The combination of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg, a main constituent of tea catechins) with penicillin showed synergism against 21 clinical isolates of penicillinase-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Besides binding directly to peptidoglycan, the inhibition of penicillinase activity by EGCg is responsible for the synergism. EGCg inhibited the penicillinase activity in a dose-dependent fashion, with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 10 microg/ml.
表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCg,茶儿茶素的主要成分)与青霉素联合使用时,对21株产青霉素酶金黄色葡萄球菌临床分离株显示出协同作用。除了直接与肽聚糖结合外,EGCg对青霉素酶活性的抑制作用是产生协同作用的原因。EGCg以剂量依赖方式抑制青霉素酶活性,50%抑制浓度为10微克/毫升。