Table 2.
Test pathogens | Zone of inhibition (mm) |
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Petroleum ether |
Benzene |
Chloroform |
Methanol |
Aqueous |
Gentamycin control | |||||||||||
50 mg/ml | 100 mg/ml | 200 mg/ml | 50 mg/ml | 100 mg/ml | 200 mg/ml | 50 mg/ml | 100 mg/ml | 200 mg/ml | 50 mg/ml | 100 mg/ml | 200 mg/ml | 50 mg/ml | 100 mg/ml | 200 mg/ml | ||
S. aureus ATCC 6571 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 25 |
S. aureus (CI–I) | 15 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 20 |
S. aureus (CI–II) | 15 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 21 |