Phytochemical Study and Antibacterial and Antibiotic Modulation Activity of <i>Punica granatum</i> (Pomegranate) Leaves

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Extract</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3"><i>Staphylococcus aureus</i></td><td class="align_center" colspan="3"><i>Escherichia coli</i></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Standard strain ATCC 25923</td><td class="align_center">Penicillin-resistant strain</td><td class="align_center">Methicillin-resistant strain</td><td class="align_center">Standard strain ATCC 25922</td><td class="align_center">Penicillin-resistant strain</td><td class="align_center">Multidrug-resistant strain</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hexane extract</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chloroform extract</td><td class="align_center">5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">5 (-)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ethyl acetate extract</td><td class="align_center">5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (8)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (8)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;5 (-)</td><td class="align_center">5 (-)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ethanol extract</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (17)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (14)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (8)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (13)</td><td class="align_center">5 (13)</td><td class="align_center">5 (-)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Aqueous extract</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (19)</td><td class="align_center">5 (15)</td><td class="align_center">5 (10)</td><td class="align_center">1.25 (13)</td><td class="align_center">5 (14)</td><td class="align_center">5 (12)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TOF extract</td><td class="align_center">0.625 (14)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (15)</td><td class="align_center">1.25 (17)</td><td class="align_center">0.625 (16)</td><td class="align_center">2.5 (12)</td><td class="align_center">5 (12)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Amoxicillin</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.064</td><td class="align_center">0.128</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.256</td><td class="align_center">0.512</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cefotaxime</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.002</td><td class="align_center">0.128</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.001</td><td class="align_center">0.512</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Antibacterial activity of <i>P. granatum</i> leaf extracts by microdilution method: Minimal Inhibitory Concentration was expressed in mg/mL (diameters of inhibition zones were measured in millimeter scale).</div>

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