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. 2013 Apr 10;13:81. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-81

Table 2.

MBCs of the extracts, compounds from Garcinia nobilis, Oricia suaveolens, Balsmocitrus camerunensis and reference drugs on documented strains and clinical MDR isolates

Tested samplesa Microorganisms, strains and MBC (μg/ml)b
E. coli
E. aerogenes
K. pneumoniae
P. stuartii
P. aeruginosa
M. tuberculosis
ATCC 10536 AG 100 AG 102 ATCC 13048 CM 64 EA 27 ATCC 11296 KP55 ATCC 29916 NAE 16 PA 01 PA 124 ATCC 27294 MTCS1 MTCS2
Crude extracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GNB
256
512
>512
>512
>512
>512
256
>512
>512
-
>512
-
256
>512
512
OSR
256
>512
-
>512
-
-
512
512
>512
512
-
-
>512
-
>512
OSW
512
>512
-
-
-
-
256
512
-
512
-
-
512
-
>512
BCB
>512
-
-
512
-
-
>512
>512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Compounds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
>512
>512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
128
256
256
256
>512
128
>512
>512
512
128
128
256
16
64
32
3
256
256
128
512
-
512
-
-
-
-
-
-
128
-
256
4
-
128
256
-
512
256
-
-
-
-
512
-
>512
-
>512
5
128
256
256
-
-
>512
>512
-
>512
-
128
256
64
128
128
8
>512
256
>512
-
>512
256
>512
-
-
-
-
-
256
>512
512
9
-
256
>512
-
512
>512
256
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
256
256
512
-
-
-
-
-
>512
-
-
-
512
-
>512
11
>512
-
-
-
-
>512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
>512
128
512
-
>512
256
512
-
-
-
256
>512
512
>512
>512
15
256
512
>512
-
-
512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16
256
256
-
-
 
>512
-
-
>512
-
-
-
>512
-
-
17
-
256
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18
-
512
-
-
-
512
-
-
-
512
-
-
-
-
-
19
-
512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
-
>512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
>512
512
-
-
-
512
512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
>512
512
512
>512
256
-
-
>512
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
RA <4 32 >512 128 - 128 8 64 - 128 256 256 2 256 16

aTested samples [methanol-dichloromethane 1:1 extract of the stem bark of Garcinia nobilis (GNB), the wood (OSW)roots (OSR) of Oricia suaveolens, and stem bark of Balsmocitrus camerunensis (BCB); compounds isolated from the stem bark of Garcinia nobilis (15), Oricia suaveolens woods (611) and roots (1217), and the stem back of Balsmocitrus camerunensis (1822); caroxanthone (1), 4-prenyl-2-(3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl)-1,3,5,8-tetrahydroxyxanthone (2), smeathxanthone A (3), 8-hydroxycudraxanthone G (4), morusignin I (5), stigma-5-en-3-ol (6), 20(29)lupen-2-ol (7), evoxanthine (8), norevoxanthine (9), 1-hydoxy-2,3-dimethoxy-10-methylacridone (10), 1,3-dimethoxy-10-methylacridone (11), kokusaginine (13), 1-hydroxy-4-methoxy-10-methylacridone (15), syringaresinol (16), limonin (17), 1-hydroxy-3,6-dimethoxy-8-methylxanthone (18), xanthoxyletin (19), imperatorin (20), 6,8-dimethoxycoumarin (21), umbelliferone (22)]; RA: reference antibiotics were chloramphenicol for bacteria, isoniazid for M. tuberculosis; b(−): MBC not determined as the MIC was above 512 μg/ml.