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Table 4 Antibacterial activity of extracts (aqueous, ethanol, and methanol) of A. millefolium, B. ciliata, and A. vera (mean values of zone of inhibition (in mm) including the diameter of disc 6 mm) against S. aureus and E. coli

From: In vitro total phenolics, total flavonoids, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of selected medicinal plants using different solvent systems

Plants

Bacteria

The extracts (at the concentration of 100 mg/mL DMSO)

Aqueous

Ethanol

Methanol

DMSO

Gentamycin (100 mg/mL DMSO)

A. millefolium

S. aureus

20.00 ± 1.05c

23.00 ± 1.6b

24.33 ± 1.21b

nt

31.33 ± 1.21a

E. coli

10.00 ± 0.66b

23.67 ± 1.5a

11.00 ± 0.66b

nt

23.67 ± 1.60a

B. ciliata

S. aureus

20.33 ± 1.01c

20.33 ± 2.33bc

24.00 ± 1.03b

nt

31.33 ± 1.21a

E. coli

17.67 ± 0.66b

15.33 ± 0.58b

23.67 ± 2.14a

nt

23.67 ± 1.60a

A. vera

S. aureus

15.67 ± 1.60c

20.67 ± 1.60b

27.67 ± 1.21b

nt

31.33 ± 1.21a

E. coli

14.00 ± 1.05c

17.66 ± 0.60b

22.33 ± 1.40a

nt

23.67 ± 1.60a

  1. nt: not detected. Different letters in a row indicate the significant different between the values at p = 0.05 by least significant difference test