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Table 3 Antimicrobial screening of Dissotis rotundifolia leaves at 100 mg/mL, in methanol: water (1: 1).

From: Antidiarrhoea and toxicological evaluation of the leaf extract of Dissotis rotundifolia triana (Melastomataceae)

Test organism

Aq. ethanol extract of D. rotundifolia

Gentamycin (10 μg/ml)

Solvent Aq. methanol

 

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

Escherichia coli

8

13

0

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

11

15

0

Staphylococcus aureus

8

14

0

Salmonella typhi

9

14

0

  1. The diameter recorded is the diameter of the zone of inhibition less the diameter of the cup (8 mm).
  2. Values are mean (n = 5)