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ArticleDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Curcumin Reverses Antibiotic Resistance and Downregulates Shiga Toxin Expression in Enterohemorrhagic

Martin Zermeño-Ruiz, Mirian Cobos-Vargas, Mauro Donaldo Saucedo-Plascencia, Rafael Cortés-Zárate, Leonardo Hernandez-Hernandez, Teresa Arcelia Garcia-Cobian, Teresa Estrada-Garcia, Araceli Castillo-Romero

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Article in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Martin Zermeño-RuizDepartamento de Farmacobiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. Marcelino García Barragán #1421, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3631-0281
Mirian Cobos-VargasDepartamento de Microbiología y Patología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0001-1523-100X
Mauro Donaldo Saucedo-PlascenciaDepartamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
Rafael Cortés-ZárateDepartamento de Microbiología y Patología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
Leonardo Hernandez-HernandezDepartamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
Teresa Arcelia Garcia-CobianDepartamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.
Teresa Estrada-GarciaDepartamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico.
Araceli Castillo-RomeroDepartamento de Microbiología y Patología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Sierra Mojada 950, Independencia Oriente, Guadalajara 44340, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-4461-7673

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEnterohemorrhagic

objectiveThe objective of this study was to establish the effect of CUR and its interactions with selected antibiotics on resistant EHEC O157/H7/EDL933.

methodsBacterial cultures were exposed to CUR at three different concentrations (110, 220, and 330 µg/mL) and 1.2% DMSO, and the antimicrobial activity of CUR was assessed by measuring the optical density at 600 nm (OD600). The synergy of CUR and the antibiotics was determined with the FIC method. RT-PCR was performed to determine the expression levels of the

resultsOur data indicate that CUR did not affect the growth of EHEC, but when combined with the antibiotics, it acted as a bacterial resistance breaker. Synergistic combinations of CUR and cefotaxime or chloramphenicol significantly reduced colony counts.

conclusionsOur findings support the potential of CUR as a sensitizer or in combination therapy against EHEC.

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antimicrobial resistancecurcuminenterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

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