Table 6.
Antimicrobial activity in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration of bark extracts of Gold Mohar against the selected strains of bacteria and fungi.
| Organism | Bark extracts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute | 80% | Absolute | 80% | Absolute | 80% | Deionized | Amoxicillin | Flumequine | |
| ethanol | ethanol | methanol | methanol | acetone | acetone | water | |||
| Minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/mL) | |||||||||
| Pseudomonas stutzeri | 60 ± 2.4 a | 55 ± 2.3 ab | 50 ± 2.3 ab | 45 ± 1.3 b | - | - | - | 21 ± 2.1 c | - |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 65 ± 2.6 a | 60 ± 2.8 a | 55 ± 1.6 ab | 50 ± 1.3 b | - | - | - | 26 ± 2.4 c | - |
| Escherichia coli | 70 ± 3.8 a | 70 ± 2.9 a | 60 ± 3.5 b | 58 ± 1.8 b | - | - | - | 32 ± 1.8 c | - |
| Aspergilus orazae | 65 ± 3.1 a | 65 ± 2.1 a | 70 ± 3.1 a | 55 ± 2.4 b | - | - | - | - | 20 ± 1.1 c |
| Aspergilus niger | 75 ± 3.2 a | 70 ± 2.7 a | 65 ± 2.9 b | 60 ± 2.6 b | - | - | - | - | 27 ± 1.2 c |
| Fusarium solani | 80 ± 3.2 a | 75 ± 2.9 ab | 70 ± 3.3 ab | 65 ± 2.3 b | - | - | - | - | 35 ± 1.3 c |
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.