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However, rising antimicrobial drug resistance necessitates has spurred the urgent need to explore novel therapeutic strategies. This study assessed the antibacterial activity of 13 traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) against\n                      <jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), aiming to identify alternative agents to combat antimicrobial drug resistance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 13 TCMs on 280\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates were determined using the agar dilution method. The correlation between the MICs of TCMs and those of antibiotics was analyzed using the correlation coefficient (R value). The chemical profiles of TCMs were identified using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS\/MS). The MICs of representative chemical metabolites on 53\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates were determined using the agar dilution method.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Coptidis Rhizoma (CR) exhibited the lowest MIC\n                      <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                      of \u22640.06\u00a0mg\/mL and lowest MIC\n                      <jats:sub>90<\/jats:sub>\n                      of \u22640.5\u00a0mg\/mL. Six TCMs showed no correlation with the MIC values of ceftriaxone, spectinomycin or azithromycin.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study represents the first report about the antibacterial activity of these 13 TCMs against\n                      <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      . The results indicate that CR, Phellodendri Chinensis Cortex (PCC), Forsythiae Fructus (FF), Taraxaci Herba (TH), and Scutellariae Radix (SR) exhibited good antibacterial activity against\n                      <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      , highlighting their potential as promising therapeutic options for gonococcal infections. In contrast, the MICs of Bupleuri Radix (BR), Cimicifugae Rhizoma (CFR) showed correlations with those of ceftriaxone, azithromycin, and spectinomycin, suggesting that they may be unsuitable for monotherapy of gonococcal infections, given the potential risk of cross-resistance. 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