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. 2016 Jan 4;2016:9015802. doi: 10.1155/2016/9015802

Table 3.

MIC of plant extracts in different solvents.

Plant Solvent MIC value of different plant extracts
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

Curcuma longa Acetone 12.5 50 Nt Nt Nt
Methanol 12.5 Nt Nt Nt Nt
Ethanol 25 Nt Nt Nt Nt

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sodium benzoate 12.5 25 50 12.5 12.5

Nt: not tested.