Study of Antibacterial Activity of Root Bark, Leaves, and Pericarp Extracts of Diploknema butyracea and Evaluation of Prospective Antioxidant Activity

Table 4

MBC values of leaves bark and fruit extract of D. butyracea.

Bacterial strains	MBC values of samples (mg/ml)
	MBE	ABE	ALE	HPE	EAPE	MPE	APE
S. aureus	25 ± 0	−	−	20.83 ± 7.21	25 ± 0	16.66 ± 7.21	20.83 ± 7.21
S. epidermidis	25 ± 0	−	−	12.5 ± 0	−	−	4.16 ± 1.80
K. pneumonia	25 ± 0	25 ± 0	12.5 ± 0	−	50 ± 0	−
E. coli	−	−		−	12.5 ± 0	−

Note. − indicates inactive in the evaluated concentrations. (Abbreviations: ALE: aqueous leaf extract; MBE: methanolic root bark extract; ABE: aqueous root bark extract; HPE: hexane pericarp extract; EAPE: ethyl acetate pericarp extract; MPE: methanolic pericarp extract; APE: aqueous pericarp extract).