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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 4 MIC and MBC/MFC (mg/mL) of the three different solvents of ex vitro plants of Bacopa monnieri

From: Improved micropropagation of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. (Plantaginaceae) and antimicrobial activity of in vitro and ex vitro raised plants against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of urinary tract infecting (UTI) and respiratory tract infecting (RTI) bacteria

Microorganisms

Inhibition type

Inhibiting/cidal concentrations (mg/mL) of different solvent extracts

Type

Bacteria / fungi

Strain

Acetone

Ethanol

Methanol

Pathogenic

MDR-UTI bacterial strains

Sample 5

MIC

5.0

7.5

5.0

MBC

10.0

12.5

12.5

Sample 9

MIC

5.0

2.5

2.5

MBC

10.0

5.0

5.0

Sample 11

MIC

5.0

5.0

7.5

MBC

12.5

10.0

12.5

Sample 19

MIC

R

R

R

MBC

R

R

R

Sample 26

MIC

2.5

25.0

10.0

MBC

5.0

30.5

17.5

MDR-RTI bacterial strains

Sample 31

MIC

7.5

7.5

10.0

MBC

10.0

12.5

15.0

Sample 35

MIC

7.5

5.0

15.0

MBC

12.5

7.5

17.5

Sample 36

MIC

5.0

10.0

7.5

MBC

10.0

15.0

15.0

Sample 38

MIC

15.0

12.5

5.0

MBC

17.5

17.5

7.5

Standard

MTCC bacterial strains

MTCC 109

MIC

5.0

5.0

7.5

MBC

12.5

12.5

12.5

MTCC 441

MIC

7.5

12.5

10.0

MBC

10.0

17.5

15.0

MTCC 3160

MIC

10.0

15.0

2.5

MBC

12.5

22.5

7.5

MTCC fungal strains

MTCC 870

MIC

2.5

10.0

2.5

MFC

7.5

12.5

5.0

MTCC 1637

MIC

7.5

7.5

1.25

MFC

12.5

12.5

5.0

  1. R Resistant, Sample 5, 9, 11 – Escherichia coli, Sample 19, 26, 31, 35, 36, 38 – Klebsiella pneumoniae, MTCC 109 – Klebsiella pneumoniae, MTCC 441 – Bacillus subtilis, MTCC 3160 – Staphylococcus aureus, MTCC 870 – Aspergillus fumigatus, MTCC 1637 – Candida albicans