Table 4.

Antibacterial activities of water, acetone, diethyl ether, and ethanol extracts of Agrimonia eupatoria.

Species	Water extract		Diethyl ether extract		Acetone extract		Ethanol extract		Tetracycline		Ampicillin
	MIC	MMCa	MIC	MMC	MIC	MMC	MIC	MMC	MIC	MMC	MIC	MMC
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	2.5	3.75	2.5	10	1.25	2.5	1.25	2.5	4	6	0.37	0.5
E. coli	>20	>20	>20	>20	10	10	20	>20	2	6	2.1	1.2
Salmonella enterica	>20	>20	>20	>20	10	10	20	20	2	2	1	1
Salmonella typhimurium	>20	>20	>20	>20	7.5	10	10	20	2	2	2	2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853	10	20	>20	5	2.5	2.5	5	>20	4	32	128	>128
P. aeruginosa	10	20	20	3.75	0.62	1.25	1.25	>20	>128	>128	128	>128
Proteus mirabilis	5	20	>20	5	2.5	2.5	2.5	20	>128	>128	128	>128
Klebsiella pneumoniae	>20	>20	>20	10	10	10	20	>20	4	32	128	>128
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923	2.5	5	5	5	1.25	2.5	1.25	2.5	1.5	3	0.25	0.75
S. aureus	0.62	2.5	0.31	1.25	0.12	0.62	0.62	1.25	<0.06	<0.06	<0.06	<0.06
Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633	1.25	5	0.62	1.87	0.31	0.31	0.62	1.25	0.25 0.37		3	4
B. subtilis	1.25	5	0.62	1.25	0.31	0.62	0.62	1.25	<0.06 0.25		16	128
Bacillus cereus	1.25	1.25	0.62	0.62	0.31	0.31	0.62	0.62	0.25 0.5		4	6
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212	5	>20	5	20	2.5	5	1.87	5	8	12	1	2
E. faecalis	>20	>0	>20	>20	10	10	20	20	1	6	4	6
Lactobacillus rhamnosus	1.25	2.5	0.31	0.31	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	0.16 1		64	13
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis	0.16	1.87	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	<0.16	4	8	<0.06	0.12
B. subtilis IP 5832	2.5	2.5	0.62	0.62	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.62	<0.06	<0.06	8	16

MIC = minimum inhibitory concentration; MMC = minimum microbicidal concentration.

^aData are given as mg/mL for plant extract and μg/mL for antibiotics.