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Table 1 Summary of mango plant part extracts and their antimicrobial effects on selected microbes

From: Utilisation of Mangifera indica plant extracts and parts in antimicrobial formulations and as a pharmaceutical excipient: a review

Plant part

Extraction method

Solvent of extraction

Most susceptible organisms of interest

Highest antimicrobial activity ZOI(mm) or MIC(mg/mL)

 

Stem bark

Maceration

Methanol

Aqueous

Staphylococcus sp. Penicillium sp.

E. coli

Penicillium sp.

15.4 ± 0.36 (methanol extract)

9.03 ± 0.2 (methanol extract)

10.6 ± 0.2 (aqueous extract)

10.3 ± 0.3 (aqueous extract)

[18]

Kernel

Soxhlet

Ethanol

MRSA

S. aureus

20.77 ± 0.61

@50 mg/ml

[23]

Seed

Leaf Stembark

Maceration

Ethanol

S. aureus

S. faecalis

E. coli

K. pneumonia

C. albicans

19 ± 1.0

17 ± 0.3

17 ± 0

18 ± 1.0

14 ± 1.0 (Seed extract)

[24]

Leaf

Kernel

Maceration

Methanol

S. aureus

Salmonella sp.

E. coli

20.70 ± 1.05

15.20 ± 01.04

16.20 ± 0.96 (Kernel extract)

[4]

Leaves

Maceration

Methanol

Water

S. aureus isolates S. aureus strains

MIC 1.8–7.5 & MBC 15.1–45.3

[26]

Leaf

Stem

Maceration

Water

chloroform

MRSA

17.0

aq.leaf extract @ 120 mg/ml

[15]

Leaves

Decoction

Water

C. albicans

Aspergillus flavus

A. niger

A. fumigatus

18.0 ± 2.0

12.1 ± 2.0

11.0 ± 1.0

8.33 ± 0.58 @40 mg/ml

[28]

Leaves

Decoction

Water

Plasmodium berghei

55% P.berghei reduction

[27]