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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of S. cordifolia extracts

From: Extracts of Sida cordifolia contain polysaccharides possessing immunomodulatory activity and rosmarinic acid compounds with antibacterial activity

 

MRSA

ACTCC 43300

SA

ATCC 35984

MRSE

NCTC11964

PAO1

E.coli

ATCC 11303

SCHEX

>  4

>  4

>  4

>  4

>  4

SCCL

>  4

>  4

>  4

>  4

>  4

SCMEX

0.5

1

2

>  4

>  4

SCAQ

4

>  4

>  4

>  4

>  4

  1. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) expressed as mg/ml of crude hexane (SCHEX), chloroform (SCCL), methanol (SCMEX) and aqueous (SCAQ) extracts of S. cordifolia. The crude extracts were prepared as a 2X working stock (16 mg/ml), filter sterilised and screened using a concentration range from 8000 to 0.003 μg/ml. MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. SA: Staphylococcus aureus, MRSE Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis, PAO1: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli: Escherichia coli