Table 3.
MIC of plant extracts in different solvents.
| Plant | Solvent | MIC value of different plant extracts | ||||
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| B. cereus | Serratia sp. | R. mucilaginosa | A. flavus | P. citrinum | ||
| Centella asiatica | Acetone | 12.5 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| Methanol | 6.25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
| Ethanol | 3.12 | Nt | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 | |
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| Curcuma longa | Acetone | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| Methanol | 12.5 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Ethanol | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
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| Emblica officinalis | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 |
| Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |
| Ethanol | 25 | 50 | 50 | Nt | 50 | |
| Cold aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
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| Mentha arvensis | Acetone | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | 25 | 25 | |
| Ethanol | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | 25 | 50 | |
| Cold aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Hot aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
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| Rauvolfia serpentina | Acetone | 25 | 12.5 | Nt | 25 | 25 |
| Methanol | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | 50 | Nt | |
| Ethanol | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Cold aqueous | 25 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Hot aqueous | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
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| Terminalia arjuna | Acetone | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Methanol | 12.5 | 12.5 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
| Ethanol | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 50 | |
| Cold aqueous | 25 | 50 | 50 | Nt | Nt | |
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| Withania somnifera | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | 25 | 25 |
| Methanol | 50 | 50 | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
| Ethanol | 50 | Nt | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
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| Zingiber officinale | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Ethanol | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Cold aqueous | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
| Hot aqueous | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | |
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| Sodium benzoate | 12.5 | 25 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |
Nt: not tested.