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Table 6 LC50 and selectivity index values of methanol extracts of selected plant species against Vero monkey kidney cells

From: In vitro antibacterial activity of Loxostylis alata extracts and isolated compounds against Salmonella species

Plant species

LC50 values (mg/mL)

Selectivity index values

E. cl

E. c

K. p

P. m

P. a

S. T

S. m

B. c

E. f

S. a

B. acerifolium

0.18 ± 0.02

0.29

0.29

0.57

0.29

0.14

0.29

0.14

0.07

0.07

0.07

B. bidwilli

0.23 ± 0.04

0.73

1.45

0.36

0.36

0.36

0.73

0.36

0.09

0.18

0.36

B. unijugata

0.02 ± 0.00

0.03

0.07

0.07

0.03

0.14

0.07

0.03

0.14

0.14

0.07

C. macrocarpa

0.47 ± 0.03

0.75

0.38

0.75

0.38

3.01

1.50

0.75

3.01

6.02

1.50

C. bracteosum

0.06 ± 0.00

0.04

0.18

0.18

0.09

0.09

0.18

0.18

0.09

0.09

0.04

K. wilmsii

0.03 ± 0.02

0.21

0.21

0.42

0.21

0.05

0.21

0.21

0.11

0.05

0.85

L. alata

0.20 ± 0.03

5.02

5.02

2.51

2.51

1.25

2.51

2.51

2.51

5.02

1.25

N. africana

0.37 ± 0.04

0.30

0.60

0.60

0.60

1.19

1.19

1.19

0.60

1.19

0.60

P. longifolia

0.31 ± 0.01

4.02

2.01

4.02

4.02

2.01

1.01

4.02

2.01

2.01

8.05

S. leptodictya

0.24 ± 0.03

0.19

0.77

0.19

0.77

0.77

0.19

0.39

0.77

3.09

0.39

Doxorubicin

0.007 ± .003

          
  1. B. acerifolium Brachychiton acerifolium, B. bidwilli Brachychiton bidwillii, B. unijugata Blighia unijugata, C. macrogaba Carissa macrocarpa, C. bracteosum Combretum bracteosum, K. wilmsii Kirkia wilmsii, L. alata Loxostylis alata, N. africana Noltea africana, P. longifolia Protorhus longifolia, S. leptodictya Searsia leptodictya, E. cl Enterobacter cloacae, E. c Escherichia coli, K. p Klebsiella pneumoniae, P. m Proteus mirabilis, P. a Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. T Salmonella Typhimurium, S. m Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, B. c Bacillus cereus, E. f Enterococcus faecalis, S. a Staphylococcus aureus. Values in bold indicate good activity with promising SI values