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. 2022 Sep 8;20:131. doi: 10.1186/s43141-022-00414-4

Table 2.

Comparative antimicrobial activity of in vivo and ex vitro Kaempferia angustifolia (ethanol extract) and silver nanoparticle against UTI clinical pathogen

Antibacterial materials Concentration Zone of inhibition (mm)
Pathogenic bacteria
Isolate no. 42571 Isolate no. 42423 Isolate no. 42269 Isolate no.43164 Isolate no. 42230 Isolate no.42332 Isolate no. 43546

Plant extract (in vivo)

Ethanol extract (mg/ml)

0.75 8.56 ± 0.09 7.53 ± 0.04 7.56 ± 0.09 8.40 ± 0.00 6.16 ± 0.12 9.33 ± 0.12 7.10 ± 0.08
3.0 10.23 ± 0.20 10.1 ± 0.16 8.96 ± 0.04 10.06 ± 0.09 9.23 ± 0.09 10.96 ± 0.04 8.96 ± 0.04
6.0 10.56 ± 0.09 11.53 ± 0.04 10.56 ± 0.04 11.10 ± 0.08 10.56 ± 0.09 11.56 ± 0.04 9.66 ± 0.04

Plant extract (ex vitro)

Ethanol extract (mg/ml)

0.75 11.33 ± 0.04 10.53 ± 0.04 9.90 ± 0.08 10.23 ± 0.09 9.43 ± 0.09 10.00 ± 0.08 7.50 ± 0.00
3.0 13.90 ± 0.08 13.86 ± 0.09 11.03 ± 0.12 13.46 ± 0.04 11.10 ± 0.14 12.93 ± 0.04 9.06 ± 0.04
6.0 14.26 ± 0.12 15.13 ± 0.16 12.33 ± 0.20 14.03 ± 0.12 14.00 ± 0.08 14.03 ± 0.04 9.90 ± 0.08
Nanoparticle (μg/ml) 10 10.06 ± 0.09 12.4 ± 0.04 9.73 ± 0.04 11.40 ± 0.00 11.96 ± 0.12 11.30 ± 0.08 9.16 ± 0.09
25 12.86 ± 0.04 15.03 ± 0.01 11.63 ± 0.12 13.93 ± 0.04 15.90 ± 0.08 15.76 ± 0.12 11.83 ± 0.12
50 14.73 ± 0.16 16.60 ± 0.00 12.93 ± 0.04 15.10 ± 0.08 16.26 ± 0.12 16.93 ± 0.04 12.40 ± 0.12
Silver nitrate (μg/ml) 10 - 6.76 ± 0.06 - - 7.4 ± 0.21 8.06 ± 0.09 -
20 5.46 ± 0.12 7.96 ± 0.03 5.83 ± 0.04 8.23 ± 0.24 8.3 ± 0.14 9.53 ± 0.30 -
50 6.96 ± 0.12 9.1 ± 0.04 7.13 ± 0.12 10.16 ± 0.23 9.13 ± 0.12 10.23 ± 0.16 5.46 ± 0.16

Isolate no. 42571, Escherichia coli; isolate no. 42423, Escherichia coli; isolate no. 42269, Klebsiella pneumoniae; isolate no. 43164, Klebsiella pneumoniae; isolate no. 42230, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; isolate no. 42332, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; isolate no. 43546, Staphylococcus saprophyticus