Anti-Biofilm, Antibacterial, and Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities of Selected South African Plants Traditionally Used to Treat Diarrhoea

Table 4

Percentage of biofilm inhibition and eradication by acetone plant extracts.

Extracts	Biofilm formation inhibition (%)						Biofilm eradication
	E. coli35218	S. typhimurium	B. cereus	P. aeruginosa	E. faecalis	E. coli 25922	E. coli35218	S. typhimurium	B. cereus	P. aeruginosa	E. faecalis	E. coli25922
S. pendulina	22.53	123.96	77.54	78.06	31.65	81.63	−83.59	25.03	98.22	−99.60	−25.77	40.29
S. leptodictya	13.31	112.30	72.89	111.47	21.20	124.28	−74.90	−7.93	69.15	79.85	−47.34	−74.46
S. lancea	6.46	65.44	22.67	60.02	24.14	76.97	−74.94	1.55	51.20	−199.40	−75.07	−95.23
S. batophylla	9.35	110.59	65.70	110.65	94.81	85.99	−35.39	−68.31	55.62	−224.57	34.44	−270.56
B. galpinii	0.85	91.71	26.20	71.06	78.04	54.60	11.13	13.13	42.50	−213.29	−27.88	−253.80
B. bowkeri	6.26	78.27	73.52	108.47	92.94	124.35	−84.19	32.82	70.29	−24.33	−16.56	−39.49
Gentamicin	81.88	103.66	100.05	100.76	74.73	105.26	62.27	74.25	53.79	73.87	67.93	51.93