Antibacterial and Therapeutic Potentials of the Capsicum annuum Extract against Infected Wound in a Rat Model with Its Mechanisms of Antibacterial Action

Table 2

Antibacterial activity (MIC and MBC in μg/mL) of the MeOH extract of C. annuum fruits against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Bacteria	MeOH extract of Capsicum annuum fruits		Amoxicillin trihydrate		Cefotaxime		Levofloxacin hemihydrate		Erythromycin
	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
S. aureus 56	256	1024	0.25	1	2	8	0.06	0.25	2	16
S. aureus 18	64	256	64	128	16	64	16	64	16	64
S. aureus ATCC 25923	256	512	16	64	32	128	0.25	0.5	0.03	0.06
E. coli ATCC 8739	256	256	1024	/	64	64	0.5	1	256	/
E. coli 64R	2048	/	1024	/	16	256	0.5	1	64	128
E. coli 141R	512	/	4	32	32	128	0.25	1	0.5	4
P. aeruginosa PA01	256	1024	16	64	32	128	0.12	0.25	0.12	8

MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC: minimum bactericidal concentration; /: >2048 μg/mL.