Antibacterial Activity of Flavonoids Extracted from Seeds of Pongamia pinnata Linn against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus | Chapter 08 | Recent Advances in Biological Research Vol. 3
Introduction: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is defined as the resistant to penicillinase-stable penicillin’s, thus the acronym MRSA is still under use even though methicillin is no longer the agent of choice for treatment. The use of vancomycin for MRSA remains as the treatment of choice but concerns with rising resistance to glycol peptides call for the restrictive use of these drugs. The resistance mechanism and the genes that mediate resistance have presumably evolved in organism that produce antibiotics such that the antibiotic produced is not effective against the producing organism. Aims: To assess the antibacterial property of seed crude extracts of Pongamia pinnata Linn and isolated flavonoids component from crude extract against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus obtained from clinical isolates. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Allied health sciences, Department of Bi...