Research Article

Phytochemical Profiles and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of the Leaves of Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Table 7

MIC values of ethanol extracts and its five fractions from Z. bungeanum leaves against 3 selected bacteria.

BacteriaMIC (mg/mL)
ECEPEFCFEAFAFMFBenzylpenicillin

Staphylococcus aureus 4.93 ± 0.69c2.45 ± 1.25b4.76 ± 0.17c2.38 ± 0.82b5.15 ± 0.16c2.65 ± 0.97b1.31 ± 0.01a
Escherichia coli 4.61 ± 2.11bc4.34 ± 1.78bc3.15 ± 0.72ab2.32 ± 0.83a5.70 ± 0.31c3.10 ± 0.43ab>10
Bacillus subtilis 8.29 ± 0.98c4.78 ± 0.42b4.48 ± 0.79b4.24 ± 0.54b5.42 ± 1.04b4.10 ± 0.23b0.01 ± 0a

Values are the mean of three replicates ± SD. Means with different letters within a row were significantly different ( ). Benzylpenicillin was used as the positive control.