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Table 2 Antibacterial activity of methanol extract of the aerial and root parts of Arnebia benthamii against pathogenic bacterial strains

From: Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of methanol extracts of Arnebia benthamii (Wall ex. G. Don) Johnston—a critically endangered medicinal plant of North western Himalaya

Strains

Aerial part

Root part

Gentamycin

Inhibition zone diameter (mm)

Staphylococcus aureus CD0001

NA

a08 ± 0.98

b23 ± 0.23

Shigella flexneri CD0033

a23 ± 1.20

c20 ± 0.12

c30 ± 0.33

Klebsiella pneumonia CD0049

a20 ± 0.67

b13 ± 0.65

a15 ± 0.53

Pseudomonas aeruginosa CD0023

bc30 ± 0.54

b12 ± 0.46

a16 ± 0.44

Escherichia coli CD0006

bc30 ± 0.87

c25 ± 0.15

ab21 ± 0.22

Salmonella typhimurium CD0003

b28 ± 0.93

b12 ± 0.34

c29 ± 0.11

  1. Values are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). Values along the columns with the same superscript letter are significant at P < 0.005; Concentration used was 250 μg/ml
  2. NA no activity