Antimicrobial potential of 27 plants consumed by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus Blumenbach) in Ivory Coast

Ahoua, Angora Rémi Constant; Konan, Amoin Georgette; Bonfoh, Bassirou; Koné, Mamidou Witabouna

doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0918-7

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Table 2 Inhibitory diameters (mm) of extracts on tested bacteria*

From: Antimicrobial potential of 27 plants consumed by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus Blumenbach) in Ivory Coast

			Bacteria
Plant species	Plant parts used	Extracts	S. a. CIP 4.83	S. a. Sen	S. a. ATCC 25923	E.coli CIP 54127AF	E. coli ATCC 25925	P. a. CIP 103467	P. a. ATCC 27853
Beilschmiedia mannii	Pericarp	DCM	15 ± 0.5^cd	7 ± 0.5^lm	0	0	0	9 ± 0.0^gj	0
	Mesocarp	DCM	15 ± 1.0^cd	14 ± 1.0^c	13 ± 2.0^fg	0	0	12 ± 1.5^cf	0
		EtOAc	12 ± 0.5^e	12 ± 0.5^de	10 ± 0.0^hj	0	0	13 ± 0.5^ce	0
		MeOH	10 ± 0.5^fg	11 ± 0.5^eg	9 ± 0.5^jk	0	0	10 ± 0.0^fi	0
		Aqueous	0	10 ± 0.0^eh	0	0	0	0	0
	Endocarp	DCM	0	9 ± 0.5^hk	0	0	0	10 ± 0.0^fi	0
	Whole fruits	EtOAc	10 ± 0.0^f	11 ± 0.0^df	9 ± 0.5^jk	0	0	11 ± 0.5^eh	0
	Whole fruits	MeOH	10 ± 1.0^f	11 ± 0.0^df	11 ± 0.5^hi	0	0	11 ± 0.0^eh	0
Chrysophyllum taiense	Leaves	EtOAc	0	11 ± 0.5^eg	0	0	0	11 ± 0.5^eh	0
Chrysophyllum taiense	Leaves	MeOH	8 ± 0.5^ij	10 ± 0.0^eh	9 ± 0.0^ik	0	0	10 ± 0.5^fj	0
Nauclea diderrichii	Leaves	DCM	0	13 ± 0.5^cd	0	0	0	14 ± 2.5^c	0
Nauclea diderrichii	Leaves	MeOH	10 ± 0.5^fg	10 ± 0.0^eh	9 ± 0.0^ik	0	0	9 ± 0.5^fj	0
Manniophyton fulvum	Leaves	MeOH	0	9 ± 0.50^hk	15 ± 0.5^ef	0	0	9 ± 0.5^hj	0
Calpocalyx aubrevillei	Leaves	EtOAc	13 ± 0.5^e	13 ± 0.5^cd	12 ± 0.5^gh	0	0	13 ± 0.0^cd	0
Calpocalyx aubrevillei	Leaves	MeOH	9 ± 0.5^gi	11 ± 0.5^eg	9 ± 0.0^ik	0	0	10 ± 1.0^fj	0
Dacryodes klaineana	Fruits	EtOAc	0	0	18 ± 0.5^cd	0	0	9 ± 1.5^gj	0
Landolphia hirsuta	Leaves	MeOH	9 ± 0.5^gi	10 ± 0.5^fi	7 ± 0.5^l	0	0	10 ± 0.5^fj	0
Platysepalum hirsutum	Leaves	EtOAc	0	9 ± 0.5^fi	0	0	0	10 ± 0.0^fi	0
Platysepalum hirsutum	Leaves	MeOH	9 ± 0.5^gi	10 ± 0.5^fi	8 ± 0.5^kl	0	0	10 ± 0.5^fj	0
Klainedoxa gabonensis	Pericarp	EtOAc	15 ± 0.5^cd	10 ± 0.0^eh	16 ± 0.0^de	0	0	11 ± 0.0^dg	0
Sterculia oblonga	Leaves	DCM	0	11 ± 0.0^df	0	0	0	0	0
Magnistipula butayei	Pericarp	DCM	15 ± 0.0^cd	9 ± 0.0^gj	9 ± 0.5^ijk	0	0	9 ± 1.5^gj	0
Tristemma coronatum	Leaves	EtOAc	16 ± 1.0^c	9 ± 0.5^fi	19 ± 1.0^c	0	0	10 ± 0.5^fj	0
Tristemma coronatum	Leaves	MeOH	0	9 ± 0.0^fi	17 ± 1.5^d	0	0	8 ± 0.0^ij	0
Gentamicin			20 ± 0.5^b	22 ± 1.5^a	22 ± 0.5^b	21 ± 2.5^a	0	29 ± 1.0^a	29 ± 1.5^a
Tetracycline			23 ± 0.5^a	19 ± 1.0^b	30 ± 1.5^a	17 ± 1.0^b	0	21 ± 0.5^b	24 ± 1.0^b
F			432.11	268.08	290.02	97.082		176.88	423.89
P			< 0.001

*: Mean ± SD of two replicates; DCM: Dichloromethane; EtOAc: Ethyl Acetate; MeOH: Methanol; S. a.: Staphylococcus; E: Escherichia; P. a.: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; ATCC: American Type Culture Collection; CIP: Centre Institut Pasteur; Sen: Sensitive; F: Fisher statistical; P: Probability; Values with the same superscript letter are not significantly different (P < 0.001)

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