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Table 3 Antibacterial activity of some standard antibiotics

From: Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare and Trachyspermum ammi

Bacteria

Zone of inhibition (in mm)

 

Antibiotics (μg/disc)

 

A 10a

Cfx 5a

C 30a

Co 5a

G 10a

I 10a

Pt 10a

Tb 10a

EF

21

-

23

-

11

23

16

09

SA

30

21

22

21

17

39

33

18

EC

20

20

19

21

18

28

20

16

KP 1

-

22

23

24

14

21

18

17

KP 2

-

22

24

22

13

-

-

-

PA 1

-

-

16

-

17

21

17

19

PA 2

-

-

-

-

13

26

18

18

ST

10

17

19

16

15

21

17

13

STM 1

26

23

32

22

20

30

26

20

STM 2

-

20

23

18

21

24

17

17

SF

23

23

25

18

27

32

23

17

Mean

11.82

15.27

20.55

12.82

16.00

24.09

18.64

14.91

± SD

12.287

9.951

7.942

10.400

3.098

9.741

8.028

5.804

  1. a (μg/disc)
  2. -: no zone of inhibition
  3. A10: Ampicillin; Cfx5: Cefixime; C30: Chloramphenicol; Co25: Co-trimoxazole; G10: Gentamicin; I10: Imipenem; Pt10: Pipericillin/Tazobactam; Tb10: Tobramycin
  4. EF: Enterococcus faecalis; SA: Staphylococcus aureus; EC: Escherichia coli; KP 1: Klebsiella pneumoniae 1; KP 2: K. pneumoniae 2; PA 1: Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1; PA 2: P. aeruginosa 2; ST: Salmonella typhi; STM 1: Salmonella typhimurium 1; STM 2: S. typhimurium 2; SF: Shigella flexneri