Antimicrobial Activities of Some Constituents Isolated from a Kenyan Medicinal Plant, Capparis fascicularis DC

Table 1

Percentage yields of plant extracts.

Plant part sampled (weight in g)	Extracts obtained (% weight)
	Petroleum ether	Ethyl acetate	Methanol	Water (aqueous)
Leaves (1556.2)	CFL1 (10%) = 155.6 g	CFL2 (15%) = 233.4 g	CFL3 (17%) = 264.6 g	CFL4 (11%) = 171.2 g
Root bark (6300)	CFR1 (5%) = 315 g	CFR2 (7%) = 441 g	CFR3 (8%) = 504 g	CFR4 (5%) = 315 g
Stem bark (1427)	CFS1 (4%) = 57.1 g	CFS2 (5%) = 71.4 g	CFS3 (8%) = 114.2 g	CFS4 (5%) = 71.4 g

CFS: C. fascicularis stem bark, CFR: C. fascicularis root bark, CFL: C .fascicularis leaves. Solvents in which the ground plant parts were soaked: (1): petroleum ether extract, (2): ethyl acetate extract, (3): methanolic extract, (4): water extract.