Table 2.

Antibacterial activity of our thermosensitive CS·HCl:Pl F-127 = 30:70 (vol./vol.) hydrogels with C_CS·HCl = 3 wt.%, C_{Pl F-127} = 25 wt.%. without and with the addition of D-AscA, aqueous solutions of CS·HCl + D-AscA and D-AscA.

Bacterial Test Culture	Bacteriostatic Action				Bacterial Growth Inhibition Zone Diameter, mm
	CS·HCl:Pl F-127		CS·HCl + D-AscA	D-AscA	CS·HCl:Pl F-127		CS·HCl + D-AscA	D-AscA
	−	D-AscA			−	D-AscA
P. aeruginosa (−)	++	++	++	+	25 ± 1	23 ± 2	27 ± 2	13 ± 1
S. typhimurium (−)	++	+	N/A	N/A	20 ± 2	15 ± 2	N/A	N/A
B. cereus (+)	++	+	N/A	N/A	21 ± 1	16 ± 1	N/A	N/A
S. aureus (+)	++	++	++	+	26 ± 2	24 ± 1	24 ± 2	14 ± 2

++—high antibacterial activity. +—moderate antibacterial activity. N/A—no experiment carried out.