Research Article
In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Spices and Medicinal Herbs against Selected Microbes Associated with Juices
Table 3
MIC of plant extracts in different solvents.
| | Plant | Solvent | MIC value of different plant extracts | | B. cereus | Serratia sp. | R. mucilaginosa | A. flavus | P. citrinum |
| | Centella asiatica | Acetone | 12.5 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Methanol | 6.25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | | Ethanol | 3.12 | Nt | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 |
| | Curcuma longa | Acetone | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Methanol | 12.5 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Ethanol | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| | Emblica officinalis | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | | Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 | | Ethanol | 25 | 50 | 50 | Nt | 50 | | Cold aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| | Mentha arvensis | Acetone | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 | | Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | 25 | 25 | | Ethanol | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | 25 | 50 | | Cold aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Hot aqueous | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| | Rauvolfia serpentina | Acetone | 25 | 12.5 | Nt | 25 | 25 | | Methanol | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | 50 | Nt | | Ethanol | 6.25 | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Cold aqueous | 25 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Hot aqueous | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| | Terminalia arjuna | Acetone | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | | Methanol | 12.5 | 12.5 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.5 | | Ethanol | 12.5 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 50 | | Cold aqueous | 25 | 50 | 50 | Nt | Nt |
| | Withania somnifera | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | 25 | 25 | | Methanol | 50 | 50 | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 | | Ethanol | 50 | Nt | Nt | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| | Zingiber officinale | Acetone | 12.5 | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Methanol | 12.5 | 50 | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Ethanol | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Cold aqueous | 25 | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | | Hot aqueous | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt | Nt |
| | Sodium benzoate | 12.5 | 25 | 50 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
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Nt: not tested.
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