Research Article

In Vitro Phytochemical, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Activities of Leaf, Stem, and Root Extracts of Adiantum capillus veneris

Table 3

Drug resistance pattern of the test-bacterial strains.

S. no.MicroorganismsAntibiotic discs with ZI (mm) representing sensitivity, while (—) representing resistance
1
AMP
2
AMX
3
CF
4
CPH
5
CIP
6
CTX
7
CRO
8
CZS
9
GEN
10
MXF
11
NA
12
NOR
13
TET
14
TS

1E. coli 181020
2C. freundii 10
3K. pneumonia 1515
4S. typhi 1510911
5Shigella 202830201219192911
6 P. vulgaris 201310
7Providencia 2218
8P. aeruginosa 30163014283012
9Staph. Aureus 30252518253012
10V. cholerae 21211221

AMX: amoxicillin, AMP: ampicillin, CF: cefaclor, CIP: ciprofloxacin, CPH: cephradine, CTX: cefotaxime, CZS: cefoperazone-sulbactam, CRO: ceftriaxone, GEN: gentamicin, MXF: moxifloxacin, NA: naladixic acid, TET: tetracycline, NOR: norfloxacin, TS: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ZI: zone of inhibition.