Table 1.
Antimicrobial activity by disk diffusion method of crude extracts from L. origanoides, L. alnifolia, L. thymoides, and reference antibiotics.
| Samples | Inhibition zones ± (mm)1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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E. coli
CCMB261 |
S. aureus
CCMB262 |
S. aureus
CCMB263 |
P. aeruginosa
CCMB268 |
C. albicans
CCMB286 |
C. parapsilosis
CCMB288 |
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| L. alnifolia leaves | R | 10.2 ± 1.3 | 10 ± 0.5 | R | R | R |
| L. alnifolia stems | R | 12.3 ± 1.0 | 13.9 ± 0.8 | R | R | R |
| L. alnifolia flowers | R | 8.4 ± 0.9 | R | R | R | 6.9 ± 0.1 |
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| L. origanoides leaves | R | 13.0 ± 0.5 | 12.0 ± 0.9 | R | 11.7 ± 0.4 | 7.1 ± 0.4 |
| L. origanoides stems | R | R | R | R | R | R |
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| L. thymoides leaves | R | 11.2 ± 1.0 | 9.7 ± 1.3 | R | R | R |
| L. thymoides stems | R | 8.7 ± 0.6 | R | R | R | R |
| L. thymoides flowers | R | 8.5 ± 1.5 | R | R | R | R |
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| Cloramphenicol2 | 15.8 ± 1.7 | 22.6 ± 2.2 | R | 8.5 ± 0.9 | — | — |
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| Nystatin3 | — | — | — | — | 17.5 ± 0.9 | 16.6 ± 0.9 |
1Inhibition zones including the diameter disk (6 mm); 2cloramphenicol at 30 μg/disk; 3nystatin at 10 μg/disk; R: resistant; (—): Not evaluated.