Research Article

In Vitro Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Salicylanilide Benzoates

Table 1

Antibacterial activity of benzoates 1-18.

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MIC/IC80 [μmol/L]
R1 R2Staphylococcus aureusMRSA S. aureus Staphylococcus
epidermidis
Enterococcus sp. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
24 h48 h24 h48 h24 h48 h24 h48 h24 h48 h

(1)4-Cl3-Cl0.983.90.983.91.957.8131.2562.53.97.81
(2)5-Cl3-Cl3.93.93.93.93.962.5>125>125>125>125
(3)4-Cl4-Cl3.93.93.93.9>125>125>125>125>125>125
(4)5-Cl4-Cl15.6231.2515.6231.2531.2531.25>125>125>125>125
(5)4-Cl3,4-diCl1.953.91.957.811.951.951.951.95>125>125
(6)5-Cl3,4-diCl1.951.951.951.951.951.951.951.95>125>125
(7)4-Cl3-Br3.97.813.97.811.953.97.81>125>125>125
(8)5-Cl3-Br1.953.93.97.811.953.97.81>125>125>125
(9)4-Cl4-Br1.957.817.8115.623.915.62125>125>125>125
(10)5-Cl4-Br62.5>125125>12515.62>125>125>125>125>125
(11)4-Cl3-F3.97.813.97.811.957.8131.25>125>125>125
(12)5-Cl3-F3.97.813.915.621.957.817.81>125>125>125
(13)4-Cl4-F7.817.8115.6215.621.953.962.5>125>125>125
(14)5-Cl4-F3.97.817.8115.621.953.9>125>125>125>125
(15)4-Cl4-CF31.951.951.951.951.951.951.951.95>125>125
(16)5-Cl4-CF33.93.93.93.93.93.9>125>125>125>125
(17)4-Cl3-CF31.953.91.957.811.953.97.81>125>125>125
(18)4-Br4-CF31.951.951.951.951.951.951.95>125>125>125
PNC0.980.9862.51252502507.8115.62>500>500
BA>500>500>500>500>500>500>500>500>500>500

PNC: penicillin G; BA: benzoic acid. The lowest MIC value(s) for each strain are bolded.