Effects of Flower and Fruit Extracts of Melastoma malabathricum Linn. on Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria: Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhimurium

Table 1

MIC and MBC (mg/mL) of flower and fruit extracts of Melastoma malabathricum L.

Bacteria strain	Flower extract (mg/mL)		Fruit extract (mg/mL)
	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
Listeria monocytogenes IMR L55	12.5 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	12.5 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
Staphylococcus aureus IMR S244	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
Escherichia coli IMR E30	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.
Salmonella typhimurium IMR S100	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.

Results are the means of MIC and MBC values followed by the standard deviations. All readings are carried out in triplicates. N.D.: no activity detected.