Comparison of In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Epaltes divaricata and Vetiveria zizanioides against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Table 2

MIC values of E. divaricata and V. zizanioides against MRSA strains.

MRSA strain	Minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/mL)
	Hexane extract		Ethanol extract		Water extract
	E. divaricata	V. zizanioides	E. divaricata	V. zizanioides	E. divaricata
1	0.064	0.064	0.09	0.48	0.09
2	0.064	0.012	2.40	0.09	0.09
3	0.32	0.012	2.40	0.09	0.48
4	0.32	0.32	0.09	0.09	0.48
5	0.32	0.012	0.48	0.09	0.09
6	0.32	0.012	0.48	048	0.09
7	0.064	0.003	0.09	0.09	0.09
8	0.32	0.064	0.48	2.40	0.48
9	0.012	0.32	0.48	2.40	0.48
10	0.012	0.32	2.40	0.48	0.09
11	0.064	0.012	0.48	0.09	0.09
12	0.012	0.012	0.019	0.019	0.09
13	0.064	0.003	0.09	0.09	0.09
14	0.064	0.064	0.48	0.09	0.09
15	0.064	0.012	0.09	0.019	0.09
16	0.064	0.32	0.09	0.09	0.019
17	0.064	0.012	0.09	0.019	0.09
18	0.012	0.32	0.48	0.09	0.09
19	0.012	0.064	0.48	0.09	0.019
20	0.064	0.012	0.09	0.48	0.09
Mean (SEM) n = 20	0.064 (0.012–0.32)	0.098 (0.003–0.32)	0.480 (0.019–2.4)	0.388 (0.019–2.4)	0.399 (0.019–0.48)
MSSA	1.6	0.003	0.48	2.4	1.2

Data were expressed as mean (min-max); methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (ATCC 25923).