“…The results showed that the average diameter of the inhibition zone of the ethanol extract of bitter melon against the growth of MRSA with concentrations of 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% was 6.16 mm, 9.5 mm, 10.83 mm, 12.3 mm respectively. The higher the ethanol extract concentration of bitter melon fruit, the higher the inhibition power of the growth of MRSA(14,15,16).The plant extracts used also contain content that is almost the same as other plants, namely eugenol, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, alkaloids and phenols, which can damage the structure of bacterial cells. However, in this study, the ethanol extract of dates did not have a significant ability to inhibit the growth of MRSA (2).…”