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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of T. brownii stem bark extracts

From: Antimicrobial activity and brine shrimp toxicity of extracts of Terminalia brownii roots and stem

Extracts/drugs

Organisms tested

  

S. aureus

P. mirabilis

S. typhi

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

B. anthracis

B. cereus

K. pneumoniae

C. albicans

C. neoformans

PE

IZ

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

AI

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

DM

IZ

-

3.0 ± 1.0

-

-

5.0 ± 1.0

4.3 ± 0.6

-

-

-

-

 

AI

-

0.25

-

-

0.37

0.24

-

-

-

-

DM:M (1:1)

IZ

7.3 ± 1.1

7.3 ± 0.6

-

6.0 ± 0.0

-

4.7 ± 0.6

-

-

5.3 ± 0.6

4.7 ± 0.6

 

AI

0.52

0.61

 

0.50

-

0.26

-

-

0.36

0.33

M

IZ

10.3 ± 0.6

-

-

-

-

13.3 ± 0.6

7.3 ± 1.1

7.3 ± 1.1

10.0 ± 0.0

6.5 ± 0.7

 

AI

0.73

-

-

-

-

0.74

0.52

0.55

0.68

0.45

Aqua

IZ

11.3 ± 1.1

-

-

-

8.7 ± 0.6

13.0 ± 1.7

7.3 ± 1.1

9.3 ± 0.6

10.7 ± 0.6

11.7 ± 0.6

 

AI

0.81

-

-

-

0.65

0.72

0.52

0.70

0.73

0.82

Gent

IZ

14.0 ± 0.0

12.0 ± 2.0

13.7 ± 1.1

12.0 ± 1.0

13.3 ± 1.1

18.0 ± 1.0

14.0 ± 1.0

13.3 ± 2.1

-

-

 

AI

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

-

-

Clotr

IZ

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14.7 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 0.6

 

AI

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.00

1.00

  1. The results are presented as inhibition zone diameters in mm. Each value represents mean ± SD (n = 3). Key: PE = petroleum ether extract; DM = dicloromethane extract; 1:1 D:M = 1:1 dicloromethane:methanol extract; M = methanol extract; Aqua = aqueous extract; Gent = gentamicin; Clotr = Clotrimazole.