Table 5 Zone of inhibitons and minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for ARCHEO and anethole standard against different bacterial and fungal strains.
Microorganisms | 50 (μg/mL) mm | 100 (μg/mL) mm | 250 (μg/mL) mm | 500 (μg/mL) mm | ARCHEO MIC (μg/mL) | AS MIC (μg/mL) | (ciprofloxacin/fluconazole) (10 µg/disc) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARCHEO | AS | ARCH | AS | ARCH | AS | ARCH | AS | ||||
S. aureus | – | – | – | 8 | – | 10 | 11 | 14 | NA | 95 | 19 ± 0.017 |
B. subtilis | – | – | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | NA | 90 | 16 ± 0.015 |
B. cereus | – | – | – | – | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | NA | NA | 15 ± 0.013 |
S. typhimurium | – | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 60 | 45 | 21 ± 0.015 |
S.mutans | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 7 ± 0.015 |
A. fumigatus | – | – | 8 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 65 | 16 ± 0.011 |
A. niger | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 18 | 21 | NA | NA | 12 ± 0.013 |
S. cerevisiae | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 16 | NA | NA | 14 ± 0.016 |
C. albicans | – | – | – | – | 8 | 15 | 11 | 19 | NA | NA | 20 ± 0.014 |
