OBJECTIVE: To discuss the inhibit mechanism primarily of extracts from Coptis on clinical resistant the medicine of Staphylococcus aureus. METHODS: Used SDS-PAGE electrophoresis, spectrophotometry and semiautomatic biochemistry analysis to detect the accumulated concentration of norfloxacin, membranin electrophoretogram and the enzymatic activity in extracellular fluid before and after Coptis extract disposition. RESULTS: The accumulated concentration of medicine norfloxacin within the experiment strains which treated with Coptis extract was clear higher than that of the blank space (P < 0.01)...