Table 3.
Inhibition zones (mm) of bacterial growth in the presence of different hydro-ethanolic extracts of A. altissima leaves.
| Sample | Zone of Inhibition (mm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microbial Strain | Frozen (Summer) |
Frozen (Autumn) |
Dried (Summer) |
Dried (Autumn) |
|
| Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 | - | - | 8.0 ± 0.1 | 8.0 ± 0.1 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolate | 8.0 ± 0.1 | 8.0 ± 0.1 | 10.0 ± 0.2 | 10.0 ± 0.2 | |
| Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 | - | - | - | 8.0 ± 0.1 | |
| Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 | 8.0 ± 0.1 | 9.0 ± 0.2 | 9.0 ± 0.2 | 10.0 ± 0.3 | |
| Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 | - | - | - | 8.0 ± 0.1 | |
| Salmonella enterica ATCC 13076 | - | - | - | - | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 | - | - | - | - | |
| Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 | 9.0 ± 0.2 | - | - | 10.0 ± 0.2 | |
| Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC13084 | - | - | - | - | |
| Candida albicans ATCC 10231 | - | - | - | - | |
“-” = no inhibition.