In vitro antimicrobial activity of ten medicinal plants against clinical isolates of oral cancer cases

Table 3 MIC and MFC (μg/ml.) of antimicrobial fractions against clinical isolates of oral cancer cases

Plant species	Fractions extract	S. a	S. e	P. v	*P. m*	*E .c*	*K. p*	*P. a*	*C. a*	*A. f*
A. tenuifolius	I	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	II	0	0	0	125	0	500	0	0	250
	III	0	250	125	500	250	500	500	0	250
	IV	125	125	0	250	250	250	250	125	500
	V	0	250	250	250	250	250	0	0	0
	VI	0	0	0	0	62.5	0	0	0	0
A. racemosus	I	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	125	0
	II	0	500	0	125	250	62.5	250	250	0
	III	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	0	0	0
	IV	125	125	31	125	125	31	250	500	31
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	500
	VI	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	0	0
B. aegyptiaca	I	0	250	250	0	250	0	62.5	125	0
	II	500	125	250	0	0	250	125	0	0
	III	0	62.5	125	0	62.5	250	500	0	0
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0
	V	250	125	0	0	0	31	62.5	0	0
	VI	250	250	0	0	62.5	125	125	0	0
C. diurnum	I'	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	III	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	VI	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. dichotoma	I	250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	III	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	IV	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	VI	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
E. alba	I	0	0	0	0	250	250	250	0	0
	II	0	125	0	125	250	250	0	0	0
	III	250	500	0	0	0	500	0	250	0
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	250	0
	VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0
M. koenigii	I	250	0	0	0	0	0	250	0	125
	II	125	250	125	62.5	125	250	250	125	125
	III	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	125
	IV	62.5	125	31	125	0	62.5	125	125	250
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	VI	0	0	62.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
P. murex	I	0	500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	III	125	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	IV	500	250	0	0	125	500	250	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	0	250
	VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	250
R. communis	I	250	0	0	0	0	0	500	0	0
	II	125	0	125	250	0	500	250	0	0
	III	0	0	0	0	0	0	250	0	0
	IV	0	0	250	0	0	0	250	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	250	31	250	0	0
	VI	0	62.5	0	0	250	0	31	0	0
T. foenum-graecum	I	31	250	250	250	125	62.5	125	0	125
	II	62.5	31	125	125	31	31	0	125	0
	III	125	62.5	125	0	250	125	0	125	0
	IV	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5	0	0
	V	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0
	VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0

Abbreviations: 0, no activity; S. a: S. aureus; S. e: S. epidermidis; P. v: Proteus vulgaris; P. m: Proteus mirabilis; E. c: E.coli; K. p: Klebsiella pneumonia; P. a: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; C. a: Candida albicans; A.s: Aspergillus fumigatus; Control, Streptomycin (bacteria), Ketocanozole (fungi); I: Petroleum ether; II: Benzene; III: Chloroform; IV: Acetone; V: Methanol; VI: Aqueous.

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