Table 2 The mean MIC values (mg/mL) and ΣFIC values (given in brackets with interactive interpretation) of crude dichloromethane:methanol and aqueous extracts used in 1:1 combinations and tested against seven bacterial diarrhoeal pathogens
Plant combinations | Pathogens | |||||||||||||||
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B. cereus | E. faecalis | E. coli | P. vulgaris | S. typhimurium | S. flexneri | S. aureus | ΣFIC Averages | |||||||||
ATCC 11778 | ATCC 29212 | ATCC 8739 | ATCC 33420 | ATCC 14028 | ATCC 25875 | ATCC 12600 | ||||||||||
Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | Organic | Aqueous | |
A. glabratum and K. mosambicina | 0.03 | 12.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | NSa | 16.00 | 0.16 | 4.00 | 0.63 | 4.00 | 0.03 | 16.00 | 0.04 | 8.00 | 0.30 | 1.70 |
(0.02 S b ) | (1.88 NIc) | (1.13 NI) | (NDd NI) | (ND ANTe) | (ND NI) | (ND S) | (N.D Af) | (0.26 S) | (0.63 A) | (0.07 S) | (3.20 NI) | (0.01 S) | (1.09 NI) | |||
A. glabratum and P. guajava | 0.03 | 4.00 | 0.31 | 4.00 | 0.16 | NS | 0.31 | 2.00 | 0.31 | 8.00 | 0.23 | 8.00 | 0.16 | 2.00 | 0.46 | 2.00 |
(0.13 S) | (2.38 NI) | (1.27 NI) | (ND S) | (0.03 S) | (ND NI) | (ND S) | (ND S) | (0.37 S) | (1.17 NI) | (0.78 A) | (2.33 NI) | (0.17 S) | (2.14 NI) | |||
B. transvaalensis and P. guajava | 0.02 | 8.00 | 0.16 | NS | 0.16 | 16.00 | 0.23 | 2.00 | 0.31 | 2.00 | 0.02 | 8.00 | 0.31 | 4.00 | 0.39 | 2.33 |
(0.10 S) | (ND NI) | (1.23 NI) | (ND NI) | (0.06 S) | (ND NI) | (0.11 S) | (ND S) | (0.48 S) | (ND S) | (0.05 S) | (2.33 NI) | (0.62 A) | (ND NI) | |||
B. transvaalensis and S. birrea | 0.03 | 8.00 | 0.63 | 8.00 | 0.63 | NS | 0.16 | 3.00 | 0.31 | 12.00 | 0.02 | 1.50 | 0.48 | 3.00 | 0.88 | 0.57 |
(0.16 S) | (ND S) | (3.32 NI) | (ND S) | (0.34 S) | (ND NI) | (0.13 S) | (ND A) | (1.10 NI) | (ND NI) | (0.04 S) | (0.57 A) | (1.11 NI) | (ND NI) | |||
Acetone control | 16.00 | 16.00 | NS | NS | NS | NS | 13.30 | 13.30 | NS | NS | 8.00 | 8.00 | NS | NS | NAg | |
Ciprofloxacin control (μg/mL) | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.80 | |||||||||