Table 6. Antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and hydroalcoholic extracts of Ixora coccinea and Ixora alba leaf and flower.
ICLPE: Ixora coccinea leaf petroleum ether; ICLCE: Ixora coccinea leaf chloroform extract; ICLEA: Ixora coccinea leaf ethyl acetate; ICLHA: Ixora coccinea leaf hydroalcoholic; ICFPE: Ixora coccinea flower petroleum ether; ICFCE: Ixora coccinea flower chloroform extract; ICFEA: Ixora coccinea flower ethyl acetate; ICFHA: Ixora coccinea flower hydroalcoholic; IALPE: Ixora alba leaf petroleum ether; IALCE: Ixora alba leaf chloroform extract; IALEA: Ixora alba leaf ethyl acetate; IALHA: Ixora alba leaf hydroalcoholic; IAFPE: Ixora alba flower petroleum ether; IAFCE: Ixora alba flower chloroform extract; IAFEA: Ixora alba flower ethyl acetate; IAFHA: Ixora alba flower hydroalcoholic; STD: standard chloramphenicol; + depicts positive; - depicts negative
| Microbial strains | Petroleum ether extract | Chloroform extract | Ethyl acetate extract | Hydroalcoholic extract | ||||||||||||||
| STD | ICLPE | ICFPE | IALPE | IAFPE | ICLCE | ICFCE | IALCE | IAFCE | ICLEA | ICFEA | IALEA | IAFEA | ICLHA | ICFHA | IALHA | IAFHA | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Enterococcus faecalis | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Escherichia coli | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |
| Candida albicans | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | |