Research Article

Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Properties of Vasicine Acetate Synthesized from Vasicine Isolated from Adhatoda vasica L.

Table 1

Antimicrobial activity of Vasicine acetate (500 µg/mL) using disc diffusion method (zone of inhibition in mm).

OrganismVasicine (µg/mL)Vasicine acetate (µg/mL)Streptomycin (10 µg/mL)

Gram positive
M. luteus 926
E. aerogenes 1022
S. aureus 8814
S. epidermidis 81014
B. subtilis 922
Gram negative
S. flexneri 830
S. paratyphi-B 18
P. aeruginosa 1030
S. typhimurium 24
Clinical isolates
E. coli (ESBL-3984)812
E. coli (ESBL-3904)1112
K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3971)16
K. pneumoniae (ESBL-75799)1016
K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3894)814
K. pneumoniae (ESBL-3967)816
S. aureus (MRSA)

Ketoconazole (25 µg/mL)

Fungi
C. albicans 28
B. cinerea 22
T. rubrum 22
T. mentagrophytes 24
Scopulariopsis sp.26
A. flavus 28
M. pachydermatis 26

(—) no activity; Streptomycin: standard antibacterial agent; Ketoconazole: standard antifungal agent.