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TABLE 24 



Differences in growth inhibition of streptococci and colon bacteria 

 by various antiseptics. (From Hartmann, 1936, and Diernhofer, 1933 

 and 1936.) 



Group I: Antiseptics inhibiting streptococci definitely more than 

 the colon group: 



Sodium oleate, 0.3% 

 Victoria blue, 0.001% 

 Patent blue, 1.0% 

 Congo red, 1.0% 

 Crystal violet, 0.001% 

 Nile blue, 0.01% 

 Uranyl acetate, 0.3% 

 Cusylol, 0.03% 

 Sodium fluoride, 0.01% 



Also: methyl violet, flavine (including its derivatives: scutel- 

 larein, dimethyl scutellarein and fisetin), quinine, strychnine, 

 methyl amine, alpha naphthyl amine, pyridium, sodium borate, 

 thiosulfate, potassium cyanide, ammonium rhodanate, ver- 

 onal. 



Group II: Antiseptics inhibiting the two groups of organisms about 

 equally: 



Hexa methylene tetramine, 0.1% 

 Phenol, 0.01% 

 Sulfo salicylic acid, 0.1% 

 Sodium hippurate, 3.0% 

 Sodium nitroprusside, 0.5% 

 Quercitrin, 1.0% 

 Lead acetate, 0.05% 

 Barium chloride, 0.3% 

 Ammonium oxalate, 1.0%. 

 Chromic acid, 0.05% 



Also: formaldehyde, rongolite, chlorophyll, saponin, tannin, 

 chloral hydrate, potassium ferricyanide, picric acid, diphenyl 

 amine, anaesthesin, m-nitrophenol, and gamma-dinitro phenol. 



Group III: Antiseptics inhibiting the colon group definitely more 

 than the streptococci: 



p-Nitrophenol. 0.05% 



«-dinitro phenol, 0.1% 



Antipyrin, 1.0% , 



Hydroxyl amine, 0.03% 



Hydrazine, 0.03% 



Theophyllin sodium salicylate, 1.0% 



Sodium azide, 0.02% 



Also: pyramidone. 



to be susceptible to both gramicidine and tyrocidine. On 

 the contrary, the following Gram-negative groups, EscTi- 

 erichia, Klebsiella, Shigella, Salmonella, Hemophilus, 

 Neisseria, are resistant to gramicidine, but susceptible 



