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Table 2 Minimum Inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of solvent extracts from Polygonum hydropiper against bacterial strains

From: Chemical profiling, antimicrobial and insecticidal evaluations of Polygonum hydropiper L

Bacterial strains

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in μg/ml.

Crude (Ph.Cr)

n-Hexane (Ph.Hex)

Ethyl acetate (Ph.EtAc)

Butanol (Ph.Bt)

Chloroform (Ph.Chf)

Aqueous (Ph.Aq)

Saponins (Ph.Sp)

Ceftriaxone

Enterococcus faecalis

128.00 ± 0.00

64.00 ± 0.00

26.66 ± 5.33

21.33 ± 5.33

32.00 ± 0.00

>512

10.66 ± 2.66

8.00 ± 0.00

Klebsiella pneumoniae

53.33 ± 10.66

42.66 ± 10.66

13.33 ± 2.66

26.66 ± 5.33

13.33 ± 2.66

256.00 ± 0.00

32.00 ± 0.00

4.00 ± 0.00

Escherichia coli

64.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

64.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

10.66 ± 2.66

> 512

26.66 ± 5.33

4.00 ± 0.00

Proteus mirabilis

21.33 ± 5.33

256.00 ± 0.00

32.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

5.33 ± 1.33

128.00 ± 0.00

6.66 ± 1.33

8.00 ± 0.00

Staphylococcus aureus

512.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

512.00 ± 0.00

>512

64.00 ± 0.00

256.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

16.00 ± 0.00

Salmonella typhi

64.00 ± 0.00

128.00 ± 0.00

64.00 ± 0.00

13.33 ± 2.66

8.66 ± 0.66

128.00 ± 0.00

53.33 ± 10.66

16.00 ± 0.00

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

26.66 ± 5.33

32.00 ± 0.00

64.00 ± 0.00

32.00 ± 0.00

10.66 ± 2.66

512.00 ± 0.00

6.66 ± 1.33

4.00 ± 0.00

  1. MIC were determined at concentrations range of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 μg/ml. Each value represent Mean ± SEM of three independent experimental readings