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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of the chloroform extract of C. guianensis fruits (5 mg/mL)

From: Antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and antibiofilm properties of Couroupita guianensis Aubl. fruit extract

Organism

Chloroform extract

Streptomycin

Gram positive

  

S. aureus

26

14

E. aerogens

19

22

M. luteus

18

26

B. subtilis

14

22

Gram negative

  

S. flexneri

20

30

P. vulgaris

12

30

S. paratyphi-B

-

24

S. typhimurium

-

18

P. aeruginosa

8

30

K. pneumonia

18

20

Clinical isolates

  

E. coli (ESBL-3984)

20

12

E. coli (ESBL-3904)

18

12

K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3971)

14

16

K. pneumoniae (ESBL-75799)

16

16

K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3894)

15

14

K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3967)

12

16

S. aureus (MRSA)

18

-

Fungi

 

Ketoconazole

C. albicans

8

28

M. pachydermatis

16

26

  1. (−) no activity; Streptomycin (standard antibacterial agent); Ketoconazole (standard antifungal agent); Negative control (solvent) (Nil); N = 2.