Research Article

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

Table 7

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

BarkCIP
6 a.m.12 p.m.6 p.m.
MICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCRMICMBCR

Gram-negative bacteria
Escherichia coliATCC 873964Nd11616
ATCC 10536256Nd512Nd26432
EC 5512Nd4328
EC 41024Nd512Nd16464
EC 21024Nd512Nd4328
EC 136512Nd256Nd512Nd46416
EC 137512Nd1024Nd256Nd4328
Citrobacter freundiiCITB 80512Nd1024Nd256Nd13232
CITB 81512Nd16464
Serratia marcescensSERB 115512Nd512Nd6410241613232
Yersinia enterocoliticaYERB 121512Nd1024102411285124144
YERBI512Nd256Nd122
Salmonella enterica serovar typhiATCC 65391024102411024102412565122482
SAL 9102410241102410241512Nd482
S AL512Nd102410241128102480.564128
Salmonella paratyphi B512Nd102410241512102412168
Salmonella typhimurium512Nd441
Pseudomonas aeruginosaATCC 27853512Nd1024Nd16322
PA 16256Nd1024Nd512Nd23216
Providencia stuartiiPS NEA 16512Nd512Nd641024162168
Klebsiella pneumoniaeKL 111256Nd256Nd256Nd32642
KLPB1011024Nd512Nd8324
Enterobacter aerogenesENT 119512512151210242128Nd144
ENT 1671024102411024102412561024416322
ENT 51256Nd512Nd8162
Gram-positive bacteria
Staphylococcus aureusSTAPH 1512Nd102410241128512416322
31024102415121024225610244188
MRSA 3102410241102410241512Nd0.524
MRSA 9641024160.53264
MRSA 12256Nd512Nd128102488324
MRSA 1351251211024102411281024811616
ST 120256Nd256Nd256Nd23216
ST 113512Nd4328
SA 3512102410241256Nd188
Streptococcus sp.STR 7256Nd256Nd16464

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