Antistaphylococcal Activity and Phytochemical Analysis of Crude Extracts of Five Medicinal Plants Used in the Center of Morocco against Dermatitis

Table 3

Antibacterial screening of plant extracts by the agar well-diffusion method.

Extract	S. epidermidis	S. aureus	S. aureus ATCC 29213
Aqueous extracts
B. hispanica	—	—	—
C. oxyacantha	—	—	—
C. salviifolius	—	—	—
E. altissima	—	—	—
L. dentata	—	—	—
Methanol extracts
B. hispanica	16.50 ± 0.50	12.50 ± 0.70	18.50 ± 0.70
C. oxyacantha	15.50 ± 0.50	12.50 ± 0.50	12.50 ± 0.70
C. salviifolius	13.50 ± 0.50	12.50 ± 0.50	13.00 ± 1.40
E. altissima	11.50 ± 0.50	10.50 ± 0.50	07.50 ± 0.50
L. dentata	10.50 ± 0.50	—	09.50 ± 0.50

Results are expressed as diameters of growth inhibition zones (mm) including the hole diameter (6.00 mm).