Antimicrobial Activities of Some Constituents Isolated from a Kenyan Medicinal Plant, Capparis fascicularis DC
Table 5
Minimum inhibitory concentrations of fractions of CFR2 against bacteria.
Fraction concentrations (μg/mL)
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
500
7.7b
0.7
8.0b
0.7
8.1c
2.2
7.2b
0.5
250
7.5b
3.3
6.8ab
0.5
7.0b
1.1
6.6ab
0.3
125
6.8ab
0.4
6.3a
0.2
6.3a
0.4
6.5ab
0.3
62.5
6.5ab
0.3
6.0a
0.0
6.1a
0.4
6.2a
0.1
31.3
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.1a
0.3
6.1a
0.1
15.6
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
7.8
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
3.9
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
6.0a
0.0
F-value
3.49
4.82
14.38
3.23
value
0.0020
0.0001
0.0001
0.0030
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.
