Skip to main content

Table 3 Inhibition zone in diameter of pathogenic microbes on agar disc diffusion, KMU, 2020

From: Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants used for urinary tract infections in pastoralist community in Ethiopia

Scientific name

Concentration

Inhibition zone in diameter (mm)

Gram positive bacteria

Gram negative bacteria

Fungi

S. aureus

E. faecalis

E.coli

K. pneumoniae

C. albicans

 

Mg/ml

μl/disc

ATCC

MRSA

ATCC

MDR

ATCC

MDR

ATCC

MDR

ATCC

Sample

C. englerianum

100

15

16 ± .0.1

15 ± 0.4

18 ± 0.9

17 ± 1.0

9 ± 0.3

13 ± 1.4

16 ± 2.0

11 ± 0.1

14 ± 1.1

30

24 ± 3.0

25 ± 0.8**

27 ± 1.3

27 ± 1.5#

20 ± 0.7

21 ± 0.2

26 ± 0.8

26 ± 0.9¥

21 ± 0.7

9 ± 0.3

E. depauperata

100

15

15 ± .0.6

14 ± 0.7

16 ± 2.0

17 ± 0.3

17 ± 0.1

18 ± 0.7

10 ± 0.9

30

23 ± 2.4

23 ± 1.0*

26 ± 0.9

26 ± 0.5#

13 ± 0.1

12 ± 0.4

25 ± 1.2

25 ± 0.7¥

22 ± 1.1

23 ± 0.7

L. adoensis

100

15

16 ± .1.2

12 ± 0.1

11 ± 1.1

14 ± 0.1

10 ± 0.7

14 ± 0.2

20 ± 0.6

20 ± 0.3

9 ± 0.3

30

22 ± 2.4

21 ± 1.8

21 ± 0.5

21 ± 1.5

21 ± 2.1

21 ± 0.3

27 ± 0.1

27 ± 0.7¥

11 ± 0.9

20 ± 0.1

D.penninervi m

100

15

16 ± .0.3

14 ± 0.1

16 ± 0.4

15 ± 0.7

20 ± 0.7

19 ± 1.0

18 ± 0.3

16 ± 0.2

13 ± 0.3

9 ± 1.6

30

21 ± 0.5

23 ± 2.0*

21 ± 0.1

20 ± 1.0

25 ± 0.8

23 ± 0.1

23 ± 0.7

21 ± 0.4

20 ± 0.9

19 ± 0.4

R. abyssinicus

100

15

14 ± 0.9

9 ± 0.8

15 ± 1.1

11 ± 1.0

11 ± 1.0

9 ± 0.7

10 ± 0.2

14 ± 0.4

30

22 ± 0.6

20 ± 0.4

25 ± 0.4

19 ± 1.1

10 ± 0.8

12 ± 0.1

20 ± 0.1

19 ± 0.6

21 ± 0.5

21 ± 0.1

C. pustulatus

100

15

12 ± 1.0

12 ± 0.2

12 ± 0.8

16 ± 1.2

15 ± 0.2

10 ± 0.8

10 ± 0.9

11 ± 0.8

12 ± 0.8

10 ± 0.1

30

21 ± 0.8

21 ± 0.8

23 ± 0.5

22 ± 0.8#

23 ± 0.4

18 ± 0.9

21 ± 1.0

21 ± 0.4

18 ± 0.1

18 ± 0.8

Modern drug

  

22 ± 2.0Ce

12 ± 1.9Ce

22 ± 3.0C

13 ± 1.2C

26 ± 2.1C

15 ± 2.3C

24 ± 1.2C

14 ± 1.9C

22 ± 0.3F

21 ± 1.3F

  1. Mean ± SD, NT Not tested, − = No inhibition zone, C Ciprofloxacin, Ce Cefoxitin, F Ketoconazole, MDR < 16 mm, ATCC > 21 mm *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared to cefoxitin treated MRSA. #P < 0.05 compared to modern drug treated E. faecalis, ¥ P < 0.05 compared to modern drug treated K. pneumoniae