In Vitro Determination of Antimicrobial and Hypoglycemic Activities of Mikania cordata (Asteraceae) Leaf Extracts

Table 2

Effect of antimicrobial activity of M. cordata leaf aqueous (MDW), methanol (MME), and ethyl acetate (MEA) crude extracts (mean values sharing common letters in each row are not significantly different, ).

Test pathogenic organism	Mean diameter of the ZOI ± SD (mm) for plant crude extracts (n = 3)			Mean diameter of the ZOI ± SD (mm) for positive control (n = 3)
	MDW	MME	MEA	Chloramphenicol (30 μg/disc)	Gentamycin(10 μg/disc)	Fluconazole (25 μg/disc)
B. cereus	14.3 ± 0.6^C	14.7 ± 0.6^C	20.3 ± 0.3^B	22 ± 0^A	—	—
S. aureus	13.0 ± 0^D	15.3 ± 0.6^C	17.7 ± 0.6^B	28 ± 0^A	—	—
E. coli	14.0 ± 0^C	16.0 ± 0.5^B	15.3 ± 0.3^B	—	22 ± 0^A	—
C. albicans	16.0 ± 0^B	15.7 ± 0.3^B	—	—	—	40 ± 0^A