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Table 1.

Antimicrobial activity of methyl caffeate isolated from S. torvum (2 mg/ml) using disc-diffusion method (zone of inhibition in mm)

Organism	Methyl caffeate	Streptomycin (25 μg/disc)
Gram positive
Staphylococcus aureus	20 ± 0.71^f	14 ± 0.71^a
Enterobacter aerogenes	0^a	22 ± 0.71^c,d
Micrococcus luteus	9 ± 0.45^b	24 ± 0.90^d,e
Shigella flexneri	0^a	24 ± 0.90^d,e
Staphylococcus epidermidis	0^a	14 ± 0.71^a
Gram negative
Proteus vulgaris	22 ± 0.71^g	30 ± 0.71^g
Salmonella typhimurium	12 ± 0.71^c	24 ± 0.90^d,e
Salmonella paratyphi-B	16 ± 0.45^d	18 ± 0.71^b
Pseudomonasaeruginosa	20 ± 0.71^f	30 ± 0.54^g
Bacillus subtilis	19 ± 0.71^e	22 ± 0.84^c,d
Klebsiella pneumoniae	9 ± 0.45^b	20 ± 0.71^b
Fungi		Fluconazole
Candida albicans	20 ± 0.71^f	28 ± 0.71^f,g
Aspergillus flavus	22 ± 0.81^g	29 ± 0.71^f,g

Values in each column followed by the same numerical were not significantly different by Duncan test at p ≤ 0.05. Streptomycin—standard antibacterial agent; fluconazole—standard antifungal agent. No activity—a and b, c, d, e, f, g increasing the mode of activity from lower to higher