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Table 1
Antibacterial activity of fruit peel methanol extracts of pomegranate cultivars cultivated in South Africa
		Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC; mg/ml)
Cultivar	Extract	B.s	E.c	K.p	S.a	TAI
Arakta	MeOH	0.39^b	0.78^b	0.20^a	0.39^b	6.00^b
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Bhagwa	MeOH	0.39^b	0.78^b	0.20^a	0.78^c	5.70^a
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Ganesh	MeOH	0.39^b	0.39^a	0.20^a	0.78^c	6.00^b
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Herskawitz	MeOH	0.20^a	0.39^a	0.20^a	0.78^c	6.25^c
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Molla de Elche	MeOH	0.39^b	0.78^b	0.39^b	0.26^a	5.92^ab
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Ruby	MeOH	0.39^b	0.39^a	0.39^b	0.39^b	6.00^b
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Wonderful	MeOH	0.39^b	0.59^ab	0.33^b	0.39^b	5.99^b
	Aqueous	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	>12.50	<1.00
Streptomycin (μg/ml)		3.13	3.13	2.60	5.21

Mean values in the same column followed by different letters (a-c) represent statistical different (P <0.05) using the Duncan’s multiple range test. MIC- Minimum inhibitory concentration, TAI – Total antibacterial index, the higher the TAI the higher antibacterial activity.

Fawole et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012 12:200 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-12-200

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