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. 2018 May 16;18:159. doi: 10.1186/s12906-018-2229-2

Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity (in μg/ml) of extracts and isolated compounds from D. senegambiensis and A. monticola against bacterial and yeast strains

Crude extracts/compounds Inhibition parameters S. aureus ATCC25923 S. aureus MSSA1 S. aureus MRSA3 S. aureus MRSA4 C. albicans ATCC10231 C. tropicalis PK233 C. neoformans H99
DSEtOH MIC 128 64 256 128 2048 1024 512
MMC 256 128 512 256 2048 2048 1024
MMC/MIC 2 2 2 2 1 2 2
DSEtOAc MIC 256 128 256 256 2048 1024 512
MMC 256 256 512 512 > 2048 > 2048 > 2048
MMC/MIC 1 2 2 1 nd nd nd
DSBuOH MIC 256 64 256 128 2048 1024 1024
MMC 512 128 512 256 2048 > 2048 > 2048
MMC/MIC 2 2 2 2 1 nd nd
AMEtOH MIC 256 128 256 256 256 128 256
MMC 256 128 512 512 512 256 256
MMC/MIC 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
AMEtOAc MIC 512 256 512 512 512 2048 2048
MMC 512 512 512 512 1024 > 2048 > 2048
MMC/MIC 1 2 1 1 2 nd nd
3 MIC 256 128 128 128 256 256 128
MMC > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256
MMC/MIC nd nd Nd nd nd nd nd
4 MIC > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 256 256 128
MMC > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256
MMC/MIC nd nd Nd nd nd nd nd
5 MIC 64 64 64 128 128 64 128
MMC 128 128 128 256 256 128 128
MMC/MIC 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
6 MIC 32 64 64 128 64 64 64
MMC 64 64 128 128 64 64 128
MMC/MIC 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
7 MIC 32 16 16 32 32 32 32
MMC 32 16 32 64 64 64 32
MMC/MIC 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
8 MIC 32 32 64 128 128 16 32
MMC 64 32 128 256 > 256 16 32
MMC/MIC 2 1 2 2 nd 1 1
9 MIC 256 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 256 256
MMC > 256 > 256 > 256 > 256 nd > 256 > 256
MMC/MIC nd nd Nd nd nd nd nd
10 MIC 8 16 32 32 16 8 16
MMC 16 16 64 32 16 8 16
MMC/MIC 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
10 + 12 MIC 32 16 32 32 64 64 64
MMC 64 64 64 64 128 128 64
MMC/MIC 2 4 2 2 2 2 1
3 + 13 MIC 128 64 > 256 128 > 256 > 256 128
MMC 256 128 Nd 256 > 256 > 256 256
MMC/MIC 2 2 nd 2 nd nd 2
Reference drugs* MIC 1 1 16 32 2 0.5 1
MMC 1 1 16 32 2 1 1
MMC/MIC 1 1 1 1 1 2 1

*: Ciprofloxacin for bacteria and nystatin for fungi; compounds 1–6 and compounds 3, 4, 7–14 were isolated from D. senegambiensis and A. monticola respectively; compounds 1–2, 11 and 14 were not tested; nd: not determined. MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations; MMC: Minimum Microbicidal Concentrations; DSEtOH = D. senegambiensis EtOH extract; DSEtOAc = D. senegambiensis EtOAc extract; DSBuOH = D. senegambiensis n-BuOH extract; AMEtOH = A. monticola EtOH extract; AMEtOAc = A. monticola EtOAc extract; 3: ursolic acid; 4: sitosterol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside; 5: vitexin; 6: trans-tilliroside; 7: 3,4′-di-O-methylellagic acid; 8: dimethyl 4,4′,5,5′,6,6′-hexahydroxybiphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxylate; 9: lupeol; 10: ellagic acid; 12: 3-O-methylellagic acid 4′-O-β-D-xylopyranoside; 13: oleanolic acid