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Table 4 Antimicrobial screening of three fractions of D. rotundifolia extract 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

Chloroform fraction

Ethylacetate fraction

Butanol fraction

Aqueous fraction

 

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

Escherichia coli

-

2

5

-

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

-

-

7

3

Staphylococcus aureus

1

2

5

2

Salmonella typhi

1

1

4

-

  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)
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