Research Article

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

Table 6

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of the aqueous extracts of the leaves of H. madagascariensis (µg/mL).

LeavesCIP
6 a.m.12 p.m.6 p.m.
MICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCR

Gram-negative bacteria
Escherichia coliATCC 8739256Nd128Nd512Nd11616
ATCC 10536256NdNd26432
EC 5256NdNd1024102414328
EC 4512Nd1024Nd16464
EC 2512NdNd1024Nd4328
EC 136512Nd1024Nd1024Nd46416
EC 137512Nd1024Nd4328
Citrobacter freundiiCITB 80512Nd1024Nd13232
CITB 81512Nd1024Nd16464
Serratia marcescensSERB 11513232
Yersinia enterocoliticaYERB 121144
YERBI512Nd512Nd1024Nd122
Salmonella enterica serovar typhiATCC 6539482
SAL 9512Nd482
S AL25625611024102410.564128
Salmonella paratyphi B1024102412168
Salmonella typhimurium512441
Pseudomonas aeruginosaATCC 27853512Nd1024Nd1024Nd16322
PA 16256Nd1024Nd23216
Providencia stuartiiPS NEA 162168
Klebsiella pneumoniaeKL 111512Nd512Nd1024Nd32642
KLPB101512Nd1024Nd8324
Enterobacter aerogenesENT 119512Nd144
ENT 167512Nd16322
ENT 511024Nd1024Nd1024Nd8162
Gram-positive bacteria
Staphylococcus aureusSTAPH 110241024116322
3188
MRSA 30.524
MRSA 912810248256Nd1024102410.53264
MRSA 121024102418324
MRSA 1311616
ST 120512Nd23216
ST 1131024102411024102414328
SA 3102410241188
Streptococcus sp.STR 751216464

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