Research Article

Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of 4,5-Dihydro-1H-pyrazole-1-carboximidamide Hydrochloride against Salmonella spp.

Table 1

Revertants per plate (mean and standard deviation) of S. typhimurium TA98 and TA100 strains after treatment with the (trifluoromethyl)phenyl-substituted compound in the presence and absence of metabolic activation.

Treatment (µg.plate-1)TA98TA100
−S9+S9−S9+S9

0.011 ± 113 ± 273 ± 980 ± 13
5011 ± 315 ± 176 ± 791 ± 6
15011 ± 110 ± 380 ± 889 ± 3
50013 ± 212 ± 579 ± 10103 ± 10
15008 ± 111 ± 568 ± 1091 ± 7
50003 ± 17 ± 254 ± 49 ± 1
C+295 ± 6a306 ± 8b912 ± 5c987 ± 9b

0.0: negative control: dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); positive controls: 4-nitrophenylenediamine (10 μg.plate−1)a; 2-AA aminoanthracene (0.625 μg.plate−1)b; sodium azide (2.5 μg.plate−1)c.