Immunomodulatory and Antimicrobial Activity of Babassu Mesocarp Improves the Survival in Lethal Sepsis

Table 1

Antimicrobial activity of babassu mesocarp ethanolic extract evaluated by disk diffusion assay.

Bacterial strains	Zones of inhibition (mm)
	EE250	EE500
Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 29212)	12.4 ± 0.2	14.4 ± 0.4
Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923)	15.0 ± 0.3	18.5 ± 0.9
MRSA (hospital strain)	15.3 ± 0.3	17.4 ± 0.3
Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922)	0	0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	0	0

EE babassu mesocarp ethanolic extract at concentrations of 250 and 500 mg/mL.
The diameters of zones of inhibition (mm) are expressed as mean ± SD (); a diameter less than 7 mm was considered inactive; and the diameters of zones of inhibition (mm) are expressed as mean ± SD ().