Research Article
Antibacterial Activity of Leaf Extracts of Baeckea frutescens against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Table 2
Antibacterial activity of ethanol extract of Baeckea frutescens in different solvents against MRSA.
| S. number | Zone of inhibition (mm) against MRSA | Solvents in CC | Rep. 1 | Rep. 2 | Rep. 3 | Mean |
| 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | Ethyl acetate and hexane | 2 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acid acetic and methanol | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 30 |
| Ethyl ACETATE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Control | Hexane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acid acetic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Methanol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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