Evaluation of antioxidant, phytochemicals and antibacterial potential of Mormordica charantia (Linn) against pathogenic bacteria isolated from ready to eat food sold in Akure Metropolis, Nigeria

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Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram positive bacterial isolates from RTE food sold in Akure metropolis

Isolate					Antibiotics
	AM(mm) S ≥ 18 I = 14–17 R ≤ 13	Z (mm) S ≥ 18 I = 15–17 R ≤ 14	APX(mm) S ≥ 23 I = 14–23 R ≤ 13	CN(mm) S ≥ 15 I = 13–14 R ≤ 12	PEF (mm) S ≥ 24 I = 16–23 R ≤ 15	E (mm) S ≥ 23 I = 14–22 R ≤ 13	S (mm) S ≥ 15 I = 13–14 R ≤ 12	SXT(mm) S ≥ 17 I = 11–16 R ≤ 10	CPX(mm) S ≥ 21 I = 16–20 R ≤ 15	R (mm) S ≥ 20 I = 13–19 R ≤ 12
Enterococcus casseliflavus	19 ± 0.17^d	19 ± 0.29^b	21 ± 0.17^d	16 ± 0.17^d	21 ± 0.17^c	24 ± 0.29^d	17 ± 0.29^a	19 ± 0.29^d	22 ± 0.29^c	22 ± 0.29^d
Staphylococcus heamolyticus	17 ± 0.29^b	17 ± 0.29^a	15 ± 0.29^b	14 ± 0.29^b	24 ± 0.17^e	18 ± 0.29^b	17 ± 0.29^a	20 ± 0.29^e	24 ± 0.29^d	15 ± 0.17^a
Kocuria varians	17 ± 0.17^b	21 ± 0.17^d	23 ± 0.17^e	15 ± 0.17^c	0 ± 0^a	16 ± 0.17^a	19 ± 0.17^b	13 ± 0.17^b	22 ± 0.17^bc	16 ± 0.17^b
Bacillus cereus	0 ± 0^a	20 ± 0.29^c	0 ± 0^a	16 ± 0.29^d	17 ± 0.29^b	15 ± 0.29^a	17 ± 0.29^a	0 ± 0^a	19 ± 0.29^a	20 ± 0.29^c
Staphylococcus aureus	0 ± 0^a	22 ± 0.17^e	19 ± 0.29^c	13 ± 0.29^a	23 ± 0.29^d	23 ± 0.29^c	17 ± 0.29^a	18 ± 0.17^c	21 ± 0.29^b	22 ± 0.29^e

OFX = Ofloxacin (30 µg), PEF = Pefloxacin (30 µg), CPX = Ciprofloxacin (30 µg), AU = Augmentin (10 µg), CN = Gentamycin (30 µg), S = Streptomycin (30 µg), SXT = Septrin (30 µg), AM = Amoxicillin (30 µg), Z = zinnacel (30 µg), APX = Ampiclox (30 µg). R = resistant. I = intermediate, S = susceptible according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI, 2018). Values are expressed in mean ± SEM. Means of antibiotic without a common superscript letters differ P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant