Patent ID: 8338476

Claim:
An antibiotic drug composition, comprising: a galloylated catechin, a non-galloylated catechin, and an antibiotic drug, wherein the antibiotic drug is a beta-lactam antibiotic; wherein the non-galloylated catechin is present at a concentration to synergistically reduce a minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic drug with respect to the galloylated catechin, and wherein the non-galloylated catechin and the galloylated catechin are present in a weight ratio of at least 3:1; and an information associated with the composition that the galloylated catechin and the non-galloylated catechin are present in a synergistic combination that reduces the minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic drug with respect to the galloylated catechin.