Table 1.
Antibacterial properties of ethyl acetate extracts of X. spekei and G. tembensis (Fresen).
| Treatment | Mean zones of inhibition (mm) |
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X. spekeiextract |
G. tembensis stem bark extract |
Grewia tembensis leaf extract |
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| S. aureus | B. subtilis | S. aureus | S. aureus | |
| 5% DMSO | 06.00 ± 0.00f | 06.00 ± 0.00d | 06.00 ± 0.00e | 06.00 ± 0.00e |
| Ciprofloxacin (100 μg/ml) | 26.33 ± 0.33a | 29.67 ± 0.33a | 26.33 ± 0.33a | 26.33 ± 0.33a |
| Extracts (mg/ml) | ||||
| 100 | 14.67 ± 0.33b | 14.33 ± 0.33b | 12.33 ± 0.33b | 11.67 ± 0.33b |
| 50 | 13.33 ± 0.33b | 13.33 ± 0.33b | 10.33 ± 0.33c | 10.00 ± 0.58bc |
| 25 | 11.33 ± 0.33c | 11.00 ± 0.58c | 09.33 ± 0.33c | 08.33 ± 0.33cd |
| 12.5 | 09.67 ± 0.33cd | 09.67 ± 0.33c | 07.67 ± 0.33d | 06.00 ± 0.00e |
| 6.25 | 08.33 ± 0.67de | 06.00 ± 0.00d | 07.07 ± 0.07de | 06.00 ± 0.00e |
| 3.125 | 07.67 ± 0.33ef | 06.00 ± 0.00d | 06.00 ± 0.00e | 06.00 ± 0.00e |
Values of Mean Zones of Inhibition are expressed as Mean ± SEM. Values with the same superscript letter within the same column are not significantly different (p > 0.05) after one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test.