Research Article

LC-ESI-MS/MS Phenolic Profile of Volutaria lippii (L.) Cass. Extracts and Evaluation of Their In Vitro Antioxidant, Antiacetylcholinesterase, Antidiabetic, and Antibacterial Activities

Table 4

Antibacterial activity of V. lippii extracts using agar disc diffusion method.

SampleSalmonella entericaEscherichia coliEnterococcus faecalisStaphylococcus aureus Bacillus thuringiensis
CIP 8039ATCC 8739ATCC29212ATCC 6538

Hexane7.33±0.35.25±0.15.25±0.15.25±0.18.33±0.3
Dichloromethane9.25±0.57.8±0.65.75±0.25.0±0.15.83±0.2
Ethyl acetate10.5±0.45.0±0.26.33±0.25.33±0.15.5±0.1
n-Butanol14.0±0.312.0±0.45.50±0.115.4±0.35.0±0.2
Aqueous17.6±0.512.2±0.18.40±0.3210.5±0.615.5±0.3
Penicillin R16.3±0.116.0±0.214.1±0.518.0±0.4

R= resistant. Inhibition zone in diameter (mm ± SD) around the discs impregnated with 100 μg per disc of each extract. Penicillin (10 μg / disc) was used as positive control for bacteria.
±: standard deviation of three replicates.
a–d: averages with different letters in the same column are different (P<0.05).