Antibacterial Activity of Defatted and Nondefatted Methanolic Extracts of Aframomum melegueta K. Schum. against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria of Clinical Importance

Table 3

Antibacterial activities of NDME and DME of Aframomum melegueta as determined by both agar and macrobroth dilution techniques.

	Agar dilution		Broth dilution
	NDME	DME	NDME		DME
Organisms used	MIC	MIC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
	(mg/mL)
Micrococcus luteus	0.63	0.31	0.31	0.63	0.15	0.31
Bacillus subtilis KZN	10.0	10	5.0	10.0	5.0	5.0
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	0.63	0.63	0.31	0.63	0.31	0.31
Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 6571	10.0	5.0	5.0	10.0	2.5	5.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 4352	1.25	0.31	0.63	10.0	0.31	0.31
Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 35654	0.63	0.31	0.31	1.25	0.15	0.31
Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 10031	10.0	5.0	5.0	1.25	2.5	5.0
Plesiomonas shigelloides ATCC 51903	0.63	0.31	0.31	0.63	0.15	0.31
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15442	0.31	0.31	0.15	0.63	0.08	0.15
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 19582	10.0	5.0	5.0	10.0	2.5	5.0