Antimicrobial activity of plain curcumin against pathogenic bacterial isolatesa.
| Microorganism | Mean of zone inhibition in mm (mean ± SD) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | ||
| +ve Gram bacterial strains | Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
| −ve Gram bacterial strains | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
| Proteus vulgaris | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
| Escherichia coli | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | |
a
A: 10 μl ∼5 ppm; B: 20 μl ∼10 ppm; C: 30 μl ∼15 ppm; D: 40 μl ∼20 ppm; E: 50 μl ∼25 ppm of plain curcumin. (−): no inhibition.