Table 2 Minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/ml) of different H. african extracts used for the management of dysentery against the selected bacterial strains
Extract | Bacteria | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Salmonella typhimurium | Enterococcus faecalis | Escherichia coli | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Bacillus cereus | Shigella sonnei | Streptococcus pyogens | Bacillus subtilis | Shigella flexneri | Vibrio cholerae | Klebsiella pneumonia | Staphylococcus aureus |
Aqueous | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na |
Methanol | Na | 2.5 | 0.01a | 0.02a | 0.16 | 2.5 | 0.08a | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 |
Acetone | 0.08a | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.16 | 0.02a | 0.625 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Positive control | 0.01 | <0.1 | <0.01 | 0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.02 | <0.02 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.1 |