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- Title
Predicting the influence of multiple components on microbial inhibition using a logistic response model - a novel approach.
- Authors
Henley-Smith, Cynthia J.; Steffens, Francois E.; Botha, Francien S.; Lall, Namrita
- Abstract
Background There are several synergistic methods available. However, there is a vast discrepancy in the interpretation of the synergistic results. Also, these synergistic methods do not assess the influence the tested components (drugs, plant and natural extracts), have upon one another, when more than two components are combined. Methods A modified checkerboard method was used to evaluate the synergistic potential of Heteropyxis natalensis, Melaleuca alternifolia, Mentha piperita and the green tea extract known as TEAVIGO™. The synergistic combination was tested against the oral pathogens, Streptococcus mutans, Prevotella intermedia and Candida albicans. Inhibition data obtained from the checkerboard method, in the form of binary code, was used to compute a logistic response model with statistically significant results (p < 0.05). This information was used to construct a novel predictive inhibition model.Results Based on the predictive inhibition model for each microorganism, the oral pathogens tested were successfully inhibited (at 100% probability) with their respective synergistic combinations. The predictive inhibition model also provided information on the influence that different components have upon one another, and on the overall probability of inhibition. Conclusions Using the logistic response model negates the need to 'calculate' synergism as the results are statistically significant. In successfully determining the influence multiple components have upon one another and their effect on microbial inhibition, a novel predictive model was established. This ability to screen multiple components may have far reaching effects in ethnopharmacology, agriculture and pharmaceuticals.
- Subjects
CANDIDA albicans; COMBINATION drug therapy; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; MELALEUCA alternifolia; HEALTH outcome assessment; PEPPERMINT; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; GREEN tea; LOGISTIC regression analysis; PLANT extracts; TREATMENT effectiveness; STATISTICAL models; GRAM-negative anaerobic bacteria
- Publication
BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1472-6882-14-190