Research Article

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

Table 7

Bioactivity of fraction 2, subfractions, and gentamicin.

ConcentrationsMean ± SE

Fraction 2 (F2) (500 μg/mL)13.250 ± 0.494c
Diethyl ether (FDE) (500 μg/mL)6.250 ± 0.131a
Ethyl acetate (FEtOAc) (500 μg/mL)10.250 ± 0.552b
Residue (FR) (500 μg/mL)9.750 ± 0.474b
Petroleum ether (FPE) (500 μg/mL)6.250 ± 0.131a
Gentamicin (Gtn) (10 μg/mL)18.500 ± 1.06d
F value66.79
value0.0001

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.