Evaluation of the Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Phragmanthera capitata (Sprengel) Balle (Loranthaceae), a Mistletoe Growing on Rubber Tree, Using the Dilution Techniques

Table 2

Minimum Bactericidal Concentrations (MBC) and MIC of the agar dilution after 3 days of incubation of the different solvent extracts of P. capitata on selected gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.

	MBC					Agar dilution (after 3 days)
	Act	Met	Eth	Aqu	Cip	Act	Met	Eth	Aqu	Cip
	mg/mL				µg/mL	mg/mL				µg/mL
Enterococcus faecalis (+ve)	5	5	5	>10	>2	5	5	5	>5	4
Staphylococcus aureus (+ve)	5	10	10	>10	0.0625	5	>5	>5	>5	≤2
Bacillus subtilis (+ve)	5	10	10	>10	0.125	5	>5	>5	>5	≤2
Bacillus cereus (+ve)	5	5	10	>10	>2	5	5	>5	>5	≤2
Streptococcus pyogenes (+ve)	5	10	10	>10	0.0625	5	>5	>5	>5	≤2
Vibrio cholera (−ve)	5	5	5	>10	0.0625	5	5	5	>5	4
Klebsiella pneumonia (−ve)	5	5	5	>10	1	5	5	5	>5	4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (−ve)	10	10	10	>10	0.25	>5	>5	>5	>5	≤2
Salmonella typhi (−ve)	5	10	10	>10	0.0625	5	>5	>5	>5	≤2
Escherichia coli (−ve)	2.5	2.5	2.5	>10	0.0625	2.5	2.5	2.5	>5	≤2

Annotations: Act (acetone extract), Met (methanol extract), Eth (ethanol extract), Aqu (aqueous extract), Cip (ciprofloxacin), “>” (value greater than the highest concentration tested), and “≤” (value less than or equal to the lowest concentration tested).