Table 1.
Antibacterial activity of thiosemicarbazone and its metal complexes, positive control chloramphenicol (Chlora.) and negative control (DMSO) measured by the halo zone test (unit, mm).
| Compounds | Corresponding effect on microorganisms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. aureus | S. pyogenes | S. typhimurium | E. coli | |
| 1 | 9.2 ± 0.3 | 9.0 ± 0.2 | 8.8 ± 0.2 | 8.2 ± 0.5 |
| 1.1 | 17.2 ± 0.2 | 17.6 ± 0.3 | 16.8 ± 0.4 | 20.2 ± 0.4 |
| 1.2 | 15.2 ± 0.4 | 15.8 ± 0.3 | 15.4 ± 0.3 | 16.8 ± 0.8 |
| 1.3 | 11.6 ± 0.2 | 11.2 ± 0.3 | 12.6 ± 0.4 | 11.8 ± 0.4 |
| 1.4 | 12.4 ± 0.4 | 11.8 ± 0.2 | 12.2 ± 0.4 | 11.6 ± 0.5 |
| 1.5 | 11.6 ± 0.3 | 12.4 ± 0.4 | 13.2 ± 0.4 | 12.6 ± 0.4 |
| 1.6 | 11.2 ± 0.4 | 12.2 ± 0.4 | 12.4 ± 0.5 | 13.2 ± 0.2 |
| Chloro. | 17.0 ± 0.5 | 18.2 ± 0.4 | 17.2 ± 0.8 | 20.0 ± 0.2 |
| DMSO | — | — | — | — |