Fractionation and Antibacterial Evaluation of the Surface Compounds from the Leaves of Combretum zeyheri on Selected Pathogenic Bacteria

Table 1

Antibacterial activities of the fraction separated by chromatography and pooled based on the TLC profile.

Pool number	TLC fraction	Pooled fraction name	% inhibition of growth of S. aureus	% inhibition of growth of P. aeruginosa
Pool 1	27-28	CZSC2728	28	74
Pool 2	29–32	CZSC2932	—	79
Pool 3	33–36	CZSC3336	17	83
Pool 4	43-44	CZSC4344	25	76
Pool 5	46–49	CZSC4649	22	76
Pool 6	50-51	CZSC5051	—	57
Pool 7	52–57	CZSC5257	23	79
Pool 8	59–61	CZSC5961	34	71
Pool 9	67–69	CZSC6769	51	86
Pool 10	71-72	CZSC7172	51	90
Pool 11	75-76	CZSC7576	25	44
Pool 12	79–83	CZSC7983	40	53
Pool 13	84–88	CZSC8488	24	29
Pool 14	90–94	CZSC9094	11	55
Pool 15	95-96	CZSC9596	—	52
Pool 16	98–108	CZSC98108	20	59
Pool 17	109-110	CZSC109110	49	72

—, no inhibition of growth of the test pathogen. ++, complete inhibition of growth of the test pathogen.