Graduation Year
2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Reader 1
Pete Chandrangsu
Reader 2
Anna Wenzel
Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a serious issue worldwide and may lead to a future where many bacterial diseases become untreatable. This study aimed to combat this problem by investigating the antibacterial properties of copper and cannabidiol, two forms of traditional medicine, when used simultaneously against the Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria S. aureus. Both the checkerboard assay and time-kill assay were used. An average FIC of 0.9601 was generated from the checkerboard assay, showing an additive relationship between the two compounds. The time-kill assay results found an indifferent relationship between the two compounds. These results are preliminary, but indicate a need for future study. Based on these results, the antibacterial efficacy of a combined CBD and copper treatment is promising and certainly worthy of future research.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Mischa Kemp, "Utilizing Traditional Medicine: Effects of Cannabidiol and Copper Combination Therapy on Gram-Positive Staphylococcus Aureus" (2023). Scripps Senior Theses. 2170.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2170
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
