International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy
Table 2 The antibacterial activity (zone of inhibition in mm) of different parts of Sphaeranthus indicus extracted with various solvents against MTCC cultures
Plant part | Extracts | Bc-430 | Bs-441 | Sa-96 | Se-435 | Ec-1687 | Kp-3384 | Pa-741 | Pv- 744 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole plant | Hexane | 16.83 ± 0.44a | – | – | – | 12.92 ± 0.19c | 12.71 ± 0.12c | 13.08 ± 0.19c | 14.75 ± 0.22b |
Ethyl acetate | 8.67 ± 0.28d, e | 8.83 ± 0.21d,e | – | – | 7.87 ± 0.21e | 9.08 ± 0.08d,e | 8.25 ± 0.28d,e | 9.41 ± 0.96d | |
Methanol polar fraction | 8.25 ± 0.47 | – | – | – | – | – | 8.75 ± 0.48 | – | |
Aqueous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Leaf | Hexane | – | – | – | – | – | 20.83 ±0.24a | – | – |
Ethyl acetate | – | – | – | – | 8.67 ±0.14b | – | 7.67 ±0.14c | – | |
Methanol polar fraction | – | – | – | – | 9.17 ±0.11b | – | – | 9.08 ±0.34b | |
Aqueous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Inflorescence | Hexane | 12.17 ±0.17c,d | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Ethyl acetate | 12.50 ±0.72b,c | 14.17 ±0.60a | 10.50 ±0.34e | 13.67 ±0.21a,b | 11.00 ±0.26d,e | 10.83 ±0.40d,e | 10.83 ±0.40d,e | 12.17 ±0.40c,d | |
Methanol polar fraction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Aqueous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Stem | Hexane | 8.33 ± 0.21c,d,e | 12.00 ± 0.36a | 8.50 ± 0.22b,c,d | 9.33 ± 0.33b | 7.83 ± 0.33d,e | ND | 7.50 ± 0.22e | 7.50 ± 0.22 |
Ethyl acetate | 9.00 ± 0.25b,c | 8.83 ± 0.17b,c | – | 8.33 ± 0.17b,c | – | – | 8.33 ± 0.17b,c | – | |
Methanol polar fraction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Aqueous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Root | Hexane | 8.83 ± 0.40a | – | – | 9.50 ± 0.43a | – | 8.33 ± 0.42b | – | – |
Ethyl acetate | – | – | – | 8.33 ± 1.21b | – | – | 9.33 ± 0.81a | – | |
Methanol polar fraction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Aqueous | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Streptomycin | 10.00 ±0.13 | 10.54 ±0.70 | 10.93 ±0.92 | 11.19 ±1.00 | 12.58 ±1.54 | 12.06 ±1.03 | 12.43 ±0.94 | 11.25 ±1.16 |