Table 6.
The percentage inhibition of acetone, aqueous extracts of M. lucida against biofilm formation of eight Salmonella serovars.
| Organisms | % inhibition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T 0 | T 24 | |||||||
| Morinda lucida | Positive controls* | Morinda lucida | Positive controls* | |||||
| Acetone | Aqueous | Gent | Cipro | Acetone | Aqueous | Gent | Cipro | |
| S. Gallinarum | ++ | - | ++ | ++ | - | - | + | - |
| S. Dublin | ++ | - | - | ++ | - | ++ | - | - |
| S. Choleraesuis | ++ | - | - | ++ | ++ | - | - | ++ |
| S. Braenderup | ++ | - | + | + | - | - | ++ | - |
| S. Idikan | ++ | + | + | - | ++ | ++ | ++ | - |
| S. Kottbus | ++ | - | - | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | - |
| S. Typhimurium | - | - | - | - | - | ++ | - | - |
| S. Enteritidis | ++ | - | - | + | ++ | - | - | + |
*
Positive controls: Gent, gentamicin; Cipro, ciprofloxacin. Good (++) ABF activity (> 50% inhibition); Poor (+) ABF activity (more than 0–50% inhibition); No (-) ABF activity (0 % or less).