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Table 5 Bactericidal activity of Myrrh essential oil cream (5% v/v)

From: Bactericidal activity of Myrrh extracts and two dosage forms against standard bacterial strains and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates with GC/MS profiling

Test organism

Contact time (h)

Viable count (CFU/ml)

Bactericidal activity (% killing)

S. aureus (ATCC 6538)

0.0

1.70 × 107

–

0.5

1.05 × 107

38.24%

2.0

2.25 × 106

86.76

Ps. aeruginosa (ATCC 9027)

0.0

2.25 × 107

–

0.5

1.05 × 107

53.33%

2.0

1.10 × 106

95.11

  1. Average of three determinations carried out by surface viable count method at RT (24 °C)
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