Table 1.
Antibacterial screening for gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
| Diameter of Inhibition Zones (in mm) |
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| Entry | B. subtilis (G + ve) | S. aureus (G + ve) | E. coli (G–ve) | S. typhi (G–ve) | P. aeruginosa (G–ve) |
| 1 | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI |
| 2 | 8 ± 0.5 | NI | 9 ± 0.2 | NI | 9 ± 0.1 |
| 3 | NI | NI | NI | 10 ± 0.1 | *12 ± 0.3 |
| 4 | 10 ± 0.3 | NI | NI | 9 ± 0.5 | 8 ± 0.2 |
| 5 | *13 ± 0.4 | *17 ± 0.1 | *15 ± 0.2 | 10 ± 0.4 | NI |
| 6 | *14 ± 0.5 | *15 ± 0.3 | *12 ± 0.3 | *14 ± 0.5 | *17 ± 0.5 |
| 7 | *12 ± 0.2 | 10 ± 0.1 | 9 ± 0.4 | NI ± 0.1 | NI |
| 8 | 9 ± 0.3 | 11 ± 0.2 | 10 ± 0.1 | NI ± 0.3 | NI |
| Azithromycin | **19 ± 0.6 | **18 ± 0.5 | **17 ± 0.4 | **19 ± 0.5 | **17 ± 0.5 |
All experimental triplicate values are shown. Asterisks (*) and double asterisks (**) indicate significant inhibition (p < 0.05). NI = No inhibition.