Table 3: Antibacterial activity of V-Oil by Broth dilution method.

Gram Positive Bacteria

Percentage Inhibition

Bacillus cereus

55.8%

B. subtilis

99.7%

B. thuringiensis

70.8%

Corynebacterium hofmannii

50.1%

C. xerosis

87%

Micrococcus luteus

1.06%

Staphylococcus aureus

51%

S. aureus AB 188

55.2%

S. epidermidis

49.5%

S. saprophyticus

53.9%

Streptococcus faecalis

89.1%

S. pyogenes

75.1%

Gram negative Bacteria

 

Enterobacter

68.7%

Escherichia coli

53.1%

Klebsiella pneumoniae

60.3%

Proteus mirabilis

46.2%

P. vulgaris

86.3%

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO 286

53.8%

Salmonella typhi

98.8%

S. paratyphi A

86.3%

S. paratyphi B

91.4%

Shigella boydii

89.4%

S. dysenteriae

81.6%

S. flexneri

95.6%