Research Article

Antistaphylococcal and Antibiotic Resistance Modulatory Activities of Thirteen Cameroonian Edible Plants against Resistant Phenotypes

Table 4

MIC and MBC of the plant extracts and ciprofloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus strains.

Bacterial strainsaSamplesb, MIC and MBC in μg/mL (in parentheses)
Plant extractsAntibiotic
AIBCGLCMBDESDEBDELHELIBLIGBPVLRHBRHLSMLSOLTCBTCLUGLUGBCIP

ATCC 259231024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (16)
SA01512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (4)
SA071024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (1)
SA18512 (1024)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (8)
SA231024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA36512 (–)1024 (–)256 (1024)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1 (8)
SA391024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (16)
SA561024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (4)
SA64512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)4 (8)
SA681024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA88512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (1024)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (2)
SA1141024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA1161024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA1241024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA1261024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA127512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (1024)1024 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
SA1351024 (–)512 (1024)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (1)
SA139512 (–)512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)<0.5 (<0.5)
MSSA1512 (–)256 (512)512 (1024)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (1024)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (1024)512 (1024)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (–)256 (1024)128 (1024)2 (16)
MRSA3512 (1024)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (1024)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)256 (–)256 (–)128 (–)2 (16)
MRSA4512 (–)512 (–)64 (512)512 (512)512 (1024)256 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)128 (–)128 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (–)256 (–)256 (–)1 (16)
MRSA6512 (–)512 (–)128512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)256 (–)256 (–)128 (–)256 (–)256 (–)128 (–)2 (8)
MRSA8512 (–)1024 (–)128 (1024)256 (–)256 (–)512 (–)512 (1024)512 (–)256 (–)512 (–)512 (–)128 (–)512 (–)256 (–)128 (–)2 (8)
MRSA9512 (–)1024 (–)128512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)512 (–)256 (–)512 (–)128 (–)512 (–)128 (–)64 (–)2 (16)
MRSA111024 (–)1024 (–)256512 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)1024 (–)512 (–)256 (–)512 (–)128 (–)512 (–)256 (–)128 (–)2 (16)
MRSA12512 (–)1024 (–)128512 (–)256 (–)256 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)256 (–)512 (–)1024 (–)128 (–)512 (–)256 (–)128 (–)2 (4)

aBacterial strain (SA: Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), bsamples (AIB: Azadirachta indica bark, CGL: Citrus grandis, CMB: Cucurbita maxima beans, DES: Dacryodes edulis seeds, DEB: Dacryodes edulis bark, DEL: Dacryodes edulis leaves, HEL: Hibiscus esculentus leaves, IBL: Ipomoea batatas leaves, IGB: Irvingia gabonensis beans, PVL: Phaseolus vulgaris leaves, RHL: Ricinodendron heudelotii leaves, RHB: Ricinodendron heudelotii bark, SML: Spondias mombin leaves, SOL: Saccharum officinarum leaves, TCB: Theobroma cacao beans, TCL: Theobroma cacao leaves, UGL: Uapaca guineensis leaves, UGB: Uapaca guineensis bark, and CIP: ciprofloxacin); R: MBC/MIC; (–): >1024(MIC); nc, not calculated; MIC: minimal inhibitory concentration; MBC: minimal bactericidal concentration; CIP: ciprofloxacin; –: MIC and MBC at up to 1024 μg/mL; MIC in bold: significant activity [37, 60].