Table 5.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of four solvent extracts of Psidium guajava and Terminalia chebula by microbroth dilution method.

Name of the plant	Isolated pathogen	Minimum inhibitory concentration mg/mL
		Hexane		Ethyl acetate		Ethanol		Methanol
		BHI	MHB	BHI	MHB	BHI	MHB	BHI	MHB
P. guajava	S. mutans	<0.076	<0.076	<0.076	<0.076	<0.076	<0.152	<0.076	<0.076
	C. albicans	0.152	0.315	0.315	0.152	0.625	0.315	0.625	0.625
T. Chebula	S. mutans	<0.076	<0.076	<0.076	>5.0	<0.076	>5.0	<0.076	0.625
	C. albicans	<0.076	0.625	>5.0	>5.0	>5.0	>5.0	0.315	1.25

MHB: Mueller Hinton Broth.

BHI: Brain Heart Infusion Broth.