Table 4.
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in mg/disc for different ethanol plants extracts.
| Plants | MIC (mg/disc) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.a | MRS.a. | B.s | B.c | E.c | K.p | S.t | P.a | C.v | C.a | C.g | A.n | A.f | |
| Laurus nobilis | |||||||||||||
| Fruit | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Leaves | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Bark | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Flower | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Jasminum sambac | |||||||||||||
| Flower | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | ND | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Leaves | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | |||||||||||||
| Flower | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ND | 1.0 | ND | 3.0 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Leaves | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 |
| Tecoma capensis | |||||||||||||
| Flower | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Leaves | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | ND | 3.0 | 0.75 | 0.5 |
| Sonchus oleraceus | |||||||||||||
| Aerial | 1.2 | 0.75 | 0.5 | ND | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Lavandula angustifolia | |||||||||||||
| Flower | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.4 | ND | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Populus nigra | |||||||||||||
| Leaves | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | ND | ND | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Populus alba | |||||||||||||
| Leaves | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | ND | ND | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Penicillin | 1.3-4 | 6.0-5 | 3.0-4 | 9.0-4 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
| Tetracycline | NT | NT | NT | NT | 6.0-4 | 6.0-4 | 6.0-4 | 9.0-4 | 6.0-4 | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Microbial species: Staphylococcus aureus (S.a); methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA); Bacillus subtilis (B.s); Bacillus cereus (B.c); Escherichia coli (E.c); Klebsiella pneumonia (K.p); Salmonella typhimurium (S.t); Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a); Chromobacterium violaceum (C.v); Candida albicans (C.a); Candida glabrata (C.g); Aspergillus niger (A.n); Aspergillus fumigatus (A.f). 30% DMSO as a negative control did not show any inhibitory activity. ND: no detected activity at this concentration. NT: not tested. Mystatin MIC was not determined.