Table 6.
Antibacterial and fungal activity using tube dilution method.
| Herb | Nature of extract | Clinical Isolates | Positive control OD (nm) Mean ± SE | Concentration (μg/mL) of the extract versus growth OD (nm) values expressed as Mean ± SE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 | 250 | 300 | ||||
| Coccinia indica | Aqueous | MRSA | 1.90 ± 0.21 | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA |
| S.pyogenes | 1.57 ± 0.24 | NDA | NDA | 1.36 ± 0.02 | 1.36 ± 0.01 | 1.34 ± 0.01 | 1.37 ± 0.01 | ||
| E.coli | 1.56 ± 0.25 | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA | NDA | ||
| T.rubrum | 1.99 ± 0.26 | NDA | NDA | 1.93 ± 0.01 | 1.93 ± 0.03 | 1.92 ± 0.02 | 1.93 ± 0.03 | ||
| Ethanolic | MRSA | 1.90 ± 0.21 | 1.76 ± 0.33 | 1.65 ± 0.12 | 0.46 ± 0. 21 | 0.07 ± 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| S.pyogenes | 1.57 ± 0.24 | 1.27 ± 0.27 | 0.84 ± 0.13 | 0.33 ± 1.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E.coli | 1.56 ± 0.25 | NDA | NDA | 1.33 ± 0.21 | 1.21 ± 0.18 | 1.12 ± 0.11 | 1.01 ± 0.21 | ||
| T.rubrum | 1.99 ± 0.26 | 1.90 ± 0.01 | 1.86 ± 0.12 | 1.82 ± 0.29 | 1.88 ± 0.31 | 1.86 ± 0.18 | 1.83 ± 0.43 | ||
The results are expressed as Mean ± SE of the OD values obtained compared to positive control without any susceptible antibiotics. Where NDA: no detectable activity; 0: no growth.nmm.