Research Article

Parts, Period, and Extraction Solvents as Parameters Influencing Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir. (Hypericaceae) Antibacterial Activity

Table 5

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of methanol extracts from the roots of H. madagascariensis (µg/mL).

RootsCIP
6 a.m.12 p.m.6 p.m.
MICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCR

Gram-negative bacteria
Escherichia coliATCC 8739512Nd512Nd256Nd≤0.5816
ATCC 105362648
EC 5512Nd512Nd256Nd482
EC 4≤0.564128
EC 24328
EC 13646416
EC 1374328
Citrobacter freundiiCITB 801024Nd13232
CITB 8116464
Serratia marcescensSERB 11512810248256Nd128Nd13232
Yersinia enterocoliticaYERB 1211024Nd128Nd5125121≤0.5/48
YERBI122
Salmonella enterica serovar typhiATCC 653925610244512Nd25610244482
SAL 91024Nd1024Nd1024Nd482
S AL12825622561024425610244≤0.564128
Salmonella paratyphi B128Nd512Nd256Nd2168
Salmonella typhimurium512102424328
Pseudomonas aeruginosaATCC 278531024Nd16322
PA 16128Nd128Nd23216
Providencia stuartiiPS NEA 161024Nd2168
Klebsiella pneumoniaeKL 11132642
KLPB1018324
Enterobacter aerogenesENT 119128Nd512Nd512Nd144
ENT 1671024102411024102415121024216322
ENT 518162
Gram-positive bacteria
Staphylococcus aureusSTAPH 15121024512Nd512Nd16322
31024Nd512Nd512Nd188
MRSA 3512Nd51210242512102420.524
MRSA 9256Nd256Nd128102480.53264
MRSA 1212810248256Nd256102448324
MRSA 13128Nd512Nd512Nd11616
ST 12023216
ST 113512Nd512512102424328
SA 3256Nd51210242256Nd188
Streptococcus sp.STR 7512Nd16464

MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC: minimum bactericidal concentration; R: MBC/IMC; CIP: ciprofloxacin; Nd: not determined; —: no activity.