Author’s response to reviews Title: Anti-Methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) compounds from Bauhinia kockiana Korth. and their mechanism of antibacterial activity Authors:

Muhammad Rashid Khan, PhD (Reviewer 1): The authors have evaluated the extract or isolated chemicals B. kockiana against the MRSA strains. the results indicated the higher activity of the extract as compared to the pure compounds. Last paragraph of the discussion require more refinement. Please include all comments for the authors in this box rather than uploading your report as an attachment. Please only upload as attachments annotated versions of manuscripts, graphs, supporting materials or other aspects of your report which cannot be included in a text format.