Table 1.
Antimicrobial activity of CSLE, fractions and standard antibiotics by the disc diffusion method.
| M/o | CSLE | Fractions | Standards | Solvent control (100% methanol) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethyl acetate | Hexane | Aqueous | Butanol | Chloramphenicol | Miconazole nitrate | |||
| Gram positive bacteria | ||||||||
| 1 | + | + | - | - | + | + | - | - |
| 2 | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | - |
| 3 | + | + | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| 4 | + | + | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| Gram negative bacteria | ||||||||
| 5 | + | + | - | - | + | + | - | - |
| 6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - |
| 7 | + | + | - | + | + | + | - | - |
| Yeast | - | |||||||
| 8 | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | - |
| 9 | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | - |
M/o: Microorganisms. (+): Susceptibility (inhibition zone ≥7 mm). (-): Absence of susceptibility. CSLE: Cinnamomum iners standardized leaves methanolic extract. 1: Bacillus cereus. 2: Bacillus subtilis. 3: Salmonella typhi. 4: methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 5: Escherichia coli. 6: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 7: Shigella sonnei. 8: Candida albicans. 9: Saccharomyces cerevisiae.