Pharmacological Evaluation of Selected Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Oral and Skin Infections in Ebem-Ohafia District, Abia State, Nigeria
Table 4
Zone of bacterial inhibition by the selected plant extracts use in the management of oral and skin infections.
Diameter of inhibition (mm)
S/N
Plant samples
K. pneumoniae
P. mirabilis
S. aureus
E. coli
1
Cassia alata
15 ± 1.41
9 ± 0.42
15 ± 0.83
13 ± 0.80
2
Breynia nivosa
8 ± 0.52
17 ± 1.00
8 ± 0.08
15 ± 1.02
3
Burkea africana
NI
11 ± 0.84
13 ± 0.72
NI
4
Baphia nitida
8 ± 0.50
13 ± 1.22
8 ± 0.51
NI
5
Ipomoea involucrata
8 ± 0.52
NI
8 ± 0.50
13 ± 0.52
6
Jatropha curcas
NI
9 ± 0.30
9 ± 0.62
13 ± 0.72
7
Acalypha hispida
21 ± 1.63
NI
11 ± 0.09
17 ± 1.32
8
Chromolaena odorata
8 ± 0.42
8 ± 0.35
9 ± 0.09
15 ±1.20
9
Eleusine indica
8 ± 0.42
8 ± 0.35
NI
17 ± 1.00
10
Macrolobium macrophyllum
NI
NI
8 ± 0.04
15 ± 1.23
11
Ciprofloxacin
-
-
≤16(R); ≥17(S)
≤16(R);≥20(S)
NI indicates no zone of inhibition; S, sensitive; R, resistance
