[Study on activities of eight kinds of traditional Chinese medicine against urogential Chlamydia trachomatis].
In order to screen the susceptibilities of urogenital chlamydia trachomatis (CT) to 8 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine by microculture technigue of McCoy cell in Vitro. The results showed that 8 kinds of Chinese medicines all had activities against urogenital CT. Their minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were from 0.49 mg/ml to 15.63 mg/ml. The number and the volume of inclusions were reducing gradually, disappeared finally. These traditional Chinese medicines hadn't any action of cytotoxicity to McCoy cell. The result of this study will be useful for the further study.
Li
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J
First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080.
Tu
Y
Y
Tong
J
J
Wang
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000187:drug effects*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031661:Fraxinus / Q000737:chemistry; D031239:Lonicera / Q000737:chemistry; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal