“In checkerboard method apigenin markedly reduced the MIC of the antibiotics ampicillin 800 µg/ml shifted to 107 µg/ml (AM+AP) and ceftriaxone 58 µg/ml shifted to 2.6 µg/ml (CEF+AP) against MRSA.”
“The modulation of methicillin-resistance by apigenin significantly enhanced the activities of ampicillin and ceftriaxone.”
“The result of time-kill assays of the two drug combinations AM +AP and CEF+AP against MRSA showed significant inhibitory … by approximately 99% after 8 h The results for outer membrane (OM) and inner membrane (IM) permeabilization showed that ampicillin and ceftriaxone … apigenin damaged MRSA cytoplasmic … intracellular constituents.”