Table 4.
Antibacterial activity of LdRe and LnRe resins (minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) in µg resin/mL).
| Bacterias | Larrea Resins | Reference Antibiotics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LnRe | LdRe | Cefotaxime | Imipecil | |||||
| Gram (+) | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC |
| MSSA | 16 | 32.5 | 16 | 32.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| MRSA | 16 | 32.5 | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Staphylococcus aureus-MQ5097 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Streptococcuspyogenes-MQ4 | 250 | 250 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 0,5 | 0.5 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 62.5 | 62.5 | 125 | 125 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0,5 | 0.5 |
| Gram (−) | ||||||||
| Escherichiacoli ATCC 25922 | 1000 | 1000 | 250 | 500 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0,5 | 1 |
| E. coli-MQ11009 | 400 | 500 | 250 | 250 | 1 | 1 | 0,5 | 1 |
| E. coli-MQ11068 | 500 | 500 | 250 | 500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| E. coli-MQ11062 | 250 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| E. coli-MQ586 | 62.5 | 125 | 62.5 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
MSSA: Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant. S. aureus ATCC 43300; MIC: Minimum inhibitory concentration, MBC: Minimum Bactericidal Concentration.