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Table 6 Inhibition zones, including well diameter of samples against bacterial growth

From: Comparative study of the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Rumex abyssinicus with commercially available Zingiber officinale and Curcuma longa in Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia

Solvent

Samples and antibiotics

Inhibition zones (in mm) for bacteria

Gram-positive

Gram-negative

S. aureus

MRSA

S. pneumonia

E. coli

S. flexneri

Ethanol

RA

20.33 ± 0.58

21.67 ± 0.58

19.17 ± 0.29

18.17 ± 0.29

21.67 ± 0.58

ZO

14.33 ± 0.58

11.83 ± 0.29

11.83 ± 0.76

11.00 ± 1.00

14.00 ± 0.50

CL

12.17 ± 0.29

10.67 ± 0.58b

10.83 ± 0.29

10.00 ± 0.50

11.17 ± 0.29

Chloroform

RA

11.17 ± 0.29

13.83 ± 0.29

7.50 ± 0.50

7.67 ± 0.29

11.67 ± 0.58

ZO

14.83 ± 0.29

18.50 ± 0.50

20.67 ± 0.58

20.50 ± 0.50

11.50 ± 1.32

CL

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

AML

14.00

12.00

10.00

11.00

14.00

  1. S. aureus Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, S. pneumoniaStreptococcus pneumonia, E. coliEscherichia coli, S. flexneriShigella flexneri
  2. Each value is the mean ± SD of three replicates. There is a significant difference in the inhibition zones (p < 0.05)