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Table 4 The MIC (in mg/ml) of the crude extract and the solvent fractions of the leaves of Rhamnus prinoides against gram positive and gram negative bacteria

From: Evaluation of the in vitro antibacterial activity of the solvent fractions of the leaves of Rhamnus prinoides L’Herit (Rhamnaceae) against pathogenic bacteria

Bacteria

Crude extract

Solvent fractions

 

Methanol fraction

Chloroform fraction

MIC

MIC

MIC

S. aureus

Stand.

2.03 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

Clinc.

2.03 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

S. pyogen

Stand.

4.06 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

Clinc.

4.06 ± 0.00

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

S. pneumoniae

Stand.

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

Clinc.

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

S. flexneri

Stand.

4.06 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

Clinc.

5.42 ± 1.36

16.25 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

E. coli

Stand.

8.13 ± 0.00

32.50 ± 0.00

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Clinc.

8.13 ± 0.00

32.50 ± 0.00

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P. aeruginosa

Stand.

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

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Clinic

8.13 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

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S. typhi

Stand

4.06 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

16.25 ± 0.00

  1. MIC = Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, the values are the average of triplicate tests. Stand. = standard (ATCC) strains whereas Clinic. = clinically isolated strains