Table 5.
Antimicrobial activity in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration of flowers extracts of Gold Mohar against the selected strains of bacteria and fungi.
| Organism | Flowers extracts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute | 80% | Absolute | 80% | Absolute | 80% | Deionized | Amoxicillin | Flumequine | |
| ethanol | ethanol | methanol | methanol | acetone | acetone | water | |||
| Minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/mL) | |||||||||
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 35 ± 1.8 c | 28 ± 0.9 c | 24 ± 1.1 d | 23 ± 1.3 d | 71 ± 3.3 a | 67 ± 2.6 ab | 65 ± 1.3 b | 21 ± 2.1 d | - |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 45 ± 1.9 c | 41 ± 1.3 c | 35 ± 1.3 cd | 26 ± 1.1 d | 75 ± 3.4 a | 72 ± 3.3 a | 60 ± 1.7 b | 26 ± 2.4 d | - |
| Escherichia coli | 52 ± 2.0 bc | 50 ± 2.5 bc | 45 ± 2.3 c | 39 ± 1.1 cd | 88 ± 3.5 a | 83 ± 3.7 a | 66 ± 2.9 b | 32 ± 1.8 d | - |
| Aspergilus orazae | 56 ± 2.5 ab | 51 ± 1.3 b | 45 ± 1.2 c | 24 ± 1.1 cd | 70 ± 3.8 a | 68 ± 3.3 a | 68 ± 2.3 a | - | 20 ± 1.1 d |
| Aspergilus niger | 65 ± 2.8 ab | 57 ± 1.5 b | 49 ± 1.3 c | 30 ± 1.4 cd | 80 ± 2.9 a | 75 ± 2.3 a | 69 ± 2.7 ab | - | 27 ± 1.2 d |
| Fusarium solani | 70 ± 3.1 b | 65 ± 3.1 ab | 55 ± 2.8 c | 38 ± 1.8 d | 89 ± 3.4 a | 85 ± 2.8 a | 77 ± 2.9 ab | - | 35 ± 1.3 d |
Values are mean ± SD of three separate experiments. Different superscript letters within the same row indicate significant (P < 0.05) differences of means within the extracting solvents.