Table 1 Antimicrobial activity screening of Artemisia parviflora leaf extracts by disk diffusion method
Bacterial strains | Zone of inhibition (diameter in mm) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive control | Solvent control | Ethyl acetate | Ethanol | Methanol | Chloroform | N-Hexane | Petroleum ether | Acetone | |
Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 441) | 20 | - | 14 ± 0.0 | 12 ± 0.0 | 16 ± 0.0 | 14 ± 0.5 | 14 ± 0.0 | 10 ± 0.5 | - |
Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC 29212) | 21 | - | 14 ± 0.1 | 12 ± 0.5 | 16 ± 0.5 | 15 ± 0.0 | 17 ± 0.0 | - | - |
Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) | 20 | - | 12 ± 0.5 | 13 ± 0.0 | 17 ± 0.5 | 14 ± 0.0 | 18 ± 1.0 | 9 ± 0.0 | 11 ± 0.0 |
Yersinia enterocolitica (MTCC 840) | 17 | - | 15 ± 0.5 | 11 ± 0.5 | 15 ± 0.0 | 11 ± 0.5 | 15 ± 0.0 | 12 ± 0.0 | 13 ± 0.0 |
Proteus vulgaris (MTCC 1771) | 16 | - | 12 ± 0.5 | 9 ± 0.0 | 13 ± 0.0 | 11 ± 0.5 | 13 ± 0.0 | 9 ± 1.0 | 11 ± 0.0 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 27853) | 21 | - | 14 ± 0.0 | - | 16 ± 0.0 | - | 18 ± 0.5 | - | - |
Klebsiella pneumonia (ATCC 15380) | 18 | - | 13 ± 0.0 | - | 14 ± 0.0 | 10 ± 0.5 | 16 ± 0.5 | - | - |
Shigella flexneri (MTCC 1457) | 20 | - | 14 ± 0.5 | - | 15 ± 0.5 | 13 ± 0.5 | 18 ± 0.0 | 12 ± 1.0 | 12 ± 0.0 |
Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 29212) | 21 | - | 14 ± 0.5 | 11 ± 0.0 | 13 ± 0.5 | 12 ± 1.0 | 14 ± 0.5 | 11 ± 0.0 | 12 ± 0.5 |
Enterobacter aerogenes (MTCC 111) | 18 | - | 13 ± 0.5 | 12 ± 0.0 | 13 ± 0.5 | 11 ± 0.0 | 14 ± 1.0 | 11 ± 0.0 | 11 ± 1.0 |