Table 3 Minimum inhibitory concentration of E. ramosissimum leaf extracts against the selected pathogenic bacteria
Extracts | Minimum inhibitory concentration (µg/mL) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. coli | MRSA | S. epidermis | B. subtilis | R. equi | V. cholerae | S. typhi | K. oxytoca | P. aeruginosa | C. freundii | |
Petroleum ether | > 500 | > 500 | > 500 | 31.25 | > 500 | > 500 | > 500 | > 500 | > 500 | > 500 |
Chloroform | 500 | > 500 | > 500 | 125 | > 500 | > 500 | 500 | 125 | 250 | > 500 |
Ethyl acetate | 250 | > 500 | > 500 | 125 | 250 | 15.625 | 250 | 500 | 125 | 125 |
Methanol | 250 | 125 | 62.5 | 31.25 | 125 | 250 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 500 |
Aqueous | 250 | 125 | 125 | 62.5 | 31.25 | 31.25 | 125 | 125 | 62.5 | 62.5 |
Ampicillin (Std.) | 0.937 | 3.75 | 7.5 | 1.875 | 0.937 | 7.5 | 15 | 15 | 1.875 | 0.234 |
Deflox (Std.) | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 | < 0.029 |