Phyllanthus wightianus Müll. Arg.: A Potential Source for Natural Antimicrobial Agents
Table 4
MBC (g/mL) for antibacterial activity of P. wightianus against some pathogens.
Organisms
Methanol
Acetone
Ethyl acetate
Chloroform
Hexane
Ciprofloxacin
Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 441)
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
15.62b
Escherichia coli (MTCC 739)
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
31.25b
Klebsiella pneumoniae (MTCC 109)
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
15.62b
Proteus vulgaris (MTCC 426)
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
31.25b
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 741)
500b
500b
500b
>1000a
>1000a
31.25c
Salmonella typhimurium (MTCC 98)
500b
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
>1000a
31.25c
Shigella flexneri (MTCC 1457)
250c
250c
500b
>1000a
>1000a
62.5d
Streptococcus pneumoniae (MTCC 655)
15.62d
62.5c
500b
>1000a
>1000a
3.9e
Staphylococcus epidermidis (MTCC 435)
31.25c
125b
1000a
>1000a
>1000a
3.9d
The values are mean of triplicates. Different superscript letters (a–e) in rows indicate significant differences (at ) when subject to Tukey’s multiple comparison test.