Table 3 Antimicrobial activity (radius of suppressed microbial growth zone in mm) and DPPH RSA spectrophotometric data (% inhibition) of propolis extracts
Propolis extracts | DPPH RSA (%) | Reference microbial cultures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 | Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 | Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 33499 | Bacillus cereus ATCC 8035 | Candida albicans ATCC 60193 | ||
W1 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W2 | 65.8 | 16.2 ± 1.2 | 16.0 ± 1.4 | 18.3 ± 1.1 | 19.4 ± 1.3* | 16.9 ± 1.1 | 19.0 ± 0.5 |
A1 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A2 | 58.1 | 16.6 ± 1.5 | 16.2 ± 1.7 | 17.3 ± 1.4* | 20.5 ± 1.1 * | 17.8 ± 0.9 | 20.3 ± 1.2 |
EEP | 52.1 | 15.8 ± 0.7 | 14.8 ± 1.0 | 15.2 ± 1.5 | 15.4 ± 0.9 | 17.2 ± 0.6 | 16.9 ± 1.4 |
Positive Control | Ampicilinum 19 ± 0.5 | Ampicilinum 13 ± 1.4 | Ceftazidinum 16 ± 1.2 | Cefuroximum 18 ± 0.6 | Ampicilinum 10 ± 1.0 | Fluconazolum 18 ± 1.3 | |