Antimicrobial Activities of Some Constituents Isolated from a Kenyan Medicinal Plant, Capparis fascicularis DC
Table 4
Average diameters of zones of inhibition for fractions of CFR2 against the bacterial strains.
Fractions
S. aureus
S. typhi
B. subtilis
E. coli
Average diameters of inhibition zones (mm) (mean ± SE)
Means (mm)
SE
Means (mm)
SE
Means (mm)
SE
Means (mm)
SE
1
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
2
6.9b
0.3
7.2b
0.7
7.0b
0.3
8.0b
0.5
3
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
4
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.3a
0.1
6.0a
0.0
5
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.1a
0.1
6.0a
0.0
6
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.1a
0.1
6.0a
0.0
7
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.3ab
0.4
6.0a
0.0
CFR2
9.6
0.8
8.0b
0.5
7.4b
0.0
6.3a
0.2
Gentamycin (10 μg/mL)
22.0
0.2
22.0
0.2
15.0
0.5
15.0
0.3
F-value
6.85
6.58
6.65
16.35
value
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
0.0001
SE: standard error values of the mean in the same column referred by alike alphabetic characters are not significantly different when . Tukey’s HSD is used to separate the mean.
