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Table 5 Effect of treatment with selected medicinal plants on bacterial load of different tissues

From: In vivo screening and evaluation of four herbs against MRSA infections

Groups

Organs

Throat

Lungs

Heart

Joints

Blood

Positive control

4.88 ± 0.20a

5.36 ± 0.58a

4.52 ± 0.09a

3.89 ± 0.23a

4.11 ± 0.11a

Vancomycin

2.50 ± 1.02c

2.50 ± 1.02c

0.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00c

A. officinalis

4.60 ± 0.13ab

4.60 ± 0.13ab

3.31 ± 0.43c

3.36 ± 0.23a

3.94 ± 0.59b

C. latifolia

4.45 ± 0.20ab

4.45 ± 0.20ab

0.00 ± 0.00d

0.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00c

T. vulgaris

2.93 ± 0.60bc

3.83 ± 0.11abc

0.00 ± 0.00d

0.00 ± 0.00c

0.00 ± 0.00c

Z. jujuba

4.44 ± 0.13ab

4.44ab ± 0.13

3.77 ± 0.13b

1.20 ± 0.76b

3.42b ± 0.15b

  1. Data was analysed using One way ANOVA followed by Tukey's test. The values (in columns) having no common letter, in superscript, are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05. Bacterial load is represented as Mean ± SE of CFU (log10)/g of tissue or CFU(log10)/ml of the blood