Scientific Validation of the Medicinal Efficacy of Tinospora cordifolia

Table 3

Antibacterial efficacy of T. cordifolia stem extracts against bacteria.

Extracts	K. pneumoniae	Proteus spp.	E. coli	Pseudomonas spp.
PE*	—	9.33±0.58	—	8.33±0.58
BZ^#	—	10.33±0.58	—	—
CH^#	—	—	—	9.33±0.58
EA	—	—	26.33±0.58	17.67±0.58
AC	11.33±0.58	—	19.00±1.00	14.67±0.58
ET	12.33±0.58	—	—	9.33±0.58
AQ	10.33±0.58	—	—	—
Antibiotics	18±0.00; Imi	26±0.00; Mero	37±0.00; Mero	25±0.00; Ptz

Zone of inhibition (ZOI) values are reported as mean ± SD of three replicates. Asterisks (*) and hash (^#) represent extract contents in discs 5 mg/disc and 3.33 mg/disc, respectively. The extract contents present in other discs were 10 mg/disc. PE: petroleum ether, BZ: benzene, CH: chloroform, EA: ethyl acetate, AC: acetone, ET: ethyl alcohol, AQ: water, Imi: imipenem (10 µg/disc), Mero: meropenem (10 µg/disc), and Ptz: piperacillin tazobactam (100/10 µg/disc).