Table 1.

Inhibition of S. aureus with methanol and water root and leaf extracts of guava from Coastal and Western Kenya compared to commercial antibiotics

	Methanol extracts in mm			Water extracts in mm
Samples	Roots	Leaves	Samples	Roots	Leaves
MSA001	1.67 ± 0.33	0	EVUK005	10.67 ± 0.67	0
MSA003	0	4.67 ± 0.33	EVUK006	10.33 ± 0.88	0
UKU002	13.33 ± 1.67	0	SAB009	5.33 ± 0.33	0
UKU003	2.17 ± 0.17	0	SAB01	5.67 ± 0.33	0
EVUK001	9.67 ± 1.86	0	SHIS001	10.67 ± 1.20	0
EVUK002	13.33 ± 1.67	0	BUK003	5.33 ± 0.88	0
SAB002	3.67 ± 0.33	0	BUK004	3.67 ± 0.33	0
SAB006	1.17 ± 0.44	0	BUK008	0	0.50 ± 0
BUM003	0	2.33 ± 0.33	BUK009	0	1.67 ± 0.33
BUM004	0	2.00 ± 0	Water	0	0
BUM005	0	1.00 ± 0
BUM006	0	1.00 ± 0
Methanol	0	0
Positive controls
S	12.33 ± 0.88		C	12.83 ± 0.44
K	8.67 ± 0.33		Amp	12.83 ± 0.44
Gen	8.67 ± 0.33		TE	22.5 ± 0.28
Sx	8.67 ± 0.33		COT	4.17 ± 0.60