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Table 3 Determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and Minimum bactericidal/fungicidal concentrations (MBC/MFC) of crude extracts of five selected plant materials. (Place in the text: page 10 after line 13)

From: Antimicrobial activity of some plant materials used in Armenian traditional medicine

Plant species

Extracta

Test strainsb/ MIC (μg ml−1) and MBC/MFC(μg ml−1)

SA

BS

PA

EC

ST

CG

CA

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

Hypericum alpestre (aerial part)

Wat

1024

256

1024

 

Met

256

512

256

512

128

1024

512

CF

128

256

1024

256

1024

1024

1024

1024

Ace

128

128

512

64

512

1024

512

1024

1024

Hex

128

512

256

512

64

512

1024

1024

1024

Agrimonia eupatoria (whole plant)

Wat

1024

1024

1024

1024

1024

Met

256

128

256

1024

512

1024

1024

CF

256

512

256

1024

512

1024

512

512

256

1024

512

Ace

256

128

1024

128

512

512

512

256

512

Hex

256

1024

256

1024

128

512

512

512

1024

1024

Lilium armenum (bulb)

Wat

1024

1024

1024

1024

Met

512

512

1024

256

512

1024

1024

CF

512

1024

128

512

1024

512

512

1024

1024

Ace

512

512

128

512

512

512

Hex

1024

1024

256

1024

Rumex obtusifolius (seed)

Wat

512

1024

256

1024

1024

 

1024

1024

Met

256

128

128

512

512

512

 

512

CF

1024

1024

512

1024

1024

Ace

256

128

128

1024

512

512

 

512

Hex

512

512

512

1024

1024

1024

1024

Sanguisorba officinalis (aerial part)

Wat

1024

512

Met

256

128

512

256

512

512

512

512

512

CF

512

512

128

256

1024

 

1024

 

512

1024

512

 

Ace

128

128

1024

64

256

256

256

512

512

Hex

256

512

1024

256

512

1024

1024

256

512

 

PCd

0.25

0.5

0.25

0.5

0.25

0.5

0.5

2

1

>2

2

>4

2

4

  1. a Extracts: Wat- Water, Met –Methanol, CF-Chloroform, Ace– Acetone, Hex - Hexane
  2. b Test strains: Escherichia coli WKPM-M17 (EC), Pseudomonas aeruginosa GRP3 (VKPH B-82–5) (PA), Bacillus subtilis WT-A1 (BS), Salmonella typhimurium WDCM 1754 (ST), Staphylococcus aureus WDCM 5233 (SA), Candida albicans 174 (CA), Candida guilliermondii HP-17 (CG)
  3. c (–): MIC/MBC/MFC value was >1024 μg ml−1
  4. d PC: positive control (gentamicin (range 2–0.003 μg ml−1) (for bacteria), nystatin (range 4–0.125 μg ml−1) (for yeasts))
  5. All experiments were repeated three times and average means were represented