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Table 4 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC in μg/ml) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC in μg/ml) of Blechnum orientale extracts

From: Blechnum Orientale Linn - a fern with potential as antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial agent

 

B. cereus

M. luteus

MSSA

MRSA

S. epidermidis

 

Minimum Inhibitory concentration (MIC, μg/ml)

Crude

125

62.5

125

125

125

EAf

250

15.6

250

250

250

Butf

62.5

15.6

62.5

62.5

125

Watf

62.5

31.3

62.5

62.5

62.5

Vancomycin

1.9

0.5

1.9

1.9

1.9

 

Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC, μg/ml)

Crude

125

62.5

250

125

125

EAf

250

15.6

500

500

500

Butf

62.5

62.5

125

125

125

Watf

62.5

62.5

125

62.5

125

Vancomycin

1.9

0.5

1.9

1.9

1.9

  1. Results are mean from three sets of experiments, each set in triplicate.