Research Article

Isolation and Identification of Compounds from Bioactive Extracts of Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg. (Dandelion) as a Potential Source of Antibacterial Agents

Table 4

Antibacterial activity of n-hexane and ethyl acetate extract of Taraxacum officinale against the tested bacteria.

ExtractsPercentage of growth inhibition (%)/MIC (µg/mL) at 24 h
E. coliS. aureusK. pneumoniaeP. mirabilis

Hex72 ± 2.1
400
89 ± 3.3
200
52 ± 0.0
400
70 ± 0.8
800
EtOAc97 ± 0.9
1600
0 ± 0.0--
Chloramphenicol95 ± 0.0
25
-94 ± 0.0
100
89 ± 0.0
200
Streptomycin-88 ± 1.1
25
--

of triplicates ± standard deviation of three replicates; (-) not tested.