Investigating the Phytochemicals and Antimicrobial Activities of Shoot and Root of Pycreus smithianus (Ridl.) C. B. Clarke (Family Cyperaceae)

Table 3

Measurement of antibacterial inhibition zones.

Bacteria	Extracts	Zone of inhibition (mm)
		100%	50%
Salmonella typhi	Root (aq)	na	na
	Shoot (aq)	na	na
	Root (eth)	15.25^a ± 0.51^b	11.75^a ± 0.25^b
	Shoot (eth)	21.25^a ± 0.51^b	20.38^a ± 0.38^b
	Ciprofloxacin	28.88^a ± 0.13^b	26.88^a ± 0.13^b
	Water	na	na
Staphylococcus aureus	Root (aq)	na	na
	Shoot (aq)	17.13^a ± 0.13^b	14.38^a ± 0.13^b
	Root (eth)	30.25^a ± 0.76^b	26.88 ± 0.13^b
	Shoot (eth)	na	na
	Ciprofloxacin	32.88^a ± 0.13^b	28.63^a ± 0.38^b
	Water	na	na

Key: ^amean of triplicates (including diameter of borer), ^bstandard error, aq: aqueous extract, na: no inhibition, and eth: ethanolic extract.