Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Antidiabetic Effects of Leaf Extracts from Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae)

Table 1

Effects of extracts from P. americana on the cell viability of K. pneumoniae, S. epidermidis, C. albicans, and C. tropicalis.

Extract	Cell viability (%)
	K. pneumoniae	S. epidermidis	C. albicans	C. tropicalis
Ethanol:water	18	MIC 100 μg/mL	39	14
DCM:methanol	34	MIC 100 μg/mL	67	92
Hexane	—	—	73	84
DCM	—	—	28	52
Ethyl acetate	26	30	77	—
Acetone	25	MIC 50 μg/mL	70	76
Ethanol	—	—	59	32
Methanol	—	—	55	8
Water	77	—	63	91

(—): cell viability not determined; in bold: cell viability of less than 50%.