Research Article

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Isolated Compounds from Prosopis africana Leaves

Table 1

Antibacterial activity (MIC and MBC in μg/mL) of extracts and isolated compounds against pathogenic bacteria.

Extracts/compoundsInhibition parametersStaphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 76110Escherichia coli ATCC 25922Klebsiella pneumoniae 22

MeOH extractMIC32646412832
MBC646412825664
MBC/MIC21222

EtOAc extractMIC6432646464
MBC6464646464
MBC/MIC12111

1MIC>256>256>256>256>256
MBCndndndndnd
MBC/MICndndndndnd

2MIC88161632
MBC168321632
MBC/MIC21211

3MIC3264646432
MBC646412812864
MBC/MIC21222

4MIC>256128128256>256
MBCnd>256>256>256nd
MBC/MICndndndndnd

6MIC>256128128128>256
MBCnd>256>256>256nd
MBC/MICndndndndnd

3 + 7MIC3264323232
MBC6464646464
MBC/MIC21222

CiprofloxacinMIC42482
MBC84884
MBC/MIC22212

MIC, minimum inhibitory concentrations; MBC, minimum bactericidal concentrations; nd, not determined.