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Table 1 Antibacterial activity of A. hydaspica methanol extract and its derived fractions at 30 mg/ml concentration

From: Bioassay-guided isolation and characterization of lead antimicrobial compounds from Acacia hydaspica plant extract

Samples	Zone of inhibition (mm)
Samples	E. coli	B. subtilus	S. aureus	B. bronchiseptica	M. luteus	P. aeroginosa	K. pneumoniae
AHM	11 ± 0.5 (MIC = 4.0 mg/ml)	18 ± 1.5 (MIC = 4.57 mg/ml)	10 ± 0.5 (MIC = 5.0 mg/ml)	0	0	19 ± 0.5 (MIC = 5.5 mg/ml)	10 ± 1.0 (MIC = 5.0 mg/ml)
AHH	0	0	0	0	0	7 ± 0.5 (MIC = 15.0 mg/ml)	0
AHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AHE	28 ± 1.0 (MIC = 0.5 mg/ml)	25 ± 0.5 (MIC = 0.5 mg/ml)	23 ± 1.0 (MIC = 0.5 mg/ml)	20 ± 1.5 (MIC = 1.0 mg/ml)	8 ± 1.0 (MIC = 8.0 mg/ml)	17 ± 0.5 (MIC = 3.5 mg/ml)	16 ± 0.5 (MIC = 4.0 mg/ml)
AHB	0	20 ± 0.5 (MIC = 1.0 mg/ml)	23 ± 1.5 (MIC = 0.5 mg/ml)	0	0	9 ± 1.5	0
AHA	0	0	0	0	0	7 ± 0. 5 (MIC = 15.0 mg/ml)	0
Cefixime	38 ± 0.5	30 ± 1.5	34 ± 0.5	35 ± 1.0	32 ± 1.0	42 ± 0.5	30 ± 1.5
DMSO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Minimum inhibitory concentrations are presented as mg/ml
Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. 8–13, low; 14–19, moderate; 20-above high
AHM: A. hydaspica methanol extract; AHH: A. hydaspica n-hexane fraction; AHE: A. hydaspica ethyl-acetate fraction; AHC: A. hydaspica chloroform fraction; AHB: A. hydaspica n-butanol fraction; AHA: A. hydaspica remaining aqueous fractions

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