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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and methanol extract from of Mediterranean cypress Cupressus sempervirens L

From: Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of the essential oil and methanol extract of the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.)

  

Essential oil

Methanol extract

 

Origin

DDa

MIC

MBC

DD

MIC

MBC

Gram positive bacteria

       

  Bacillus cereus

Food

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Bacillus subtilis

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Enterococcus feacalis

Human

-

-

-

4

250

250

  Serratia marcescens

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Staphlococcus aureus

Human

7

250

250

6

125

125

Gram negative bacteria

       

  Aeromonas hydrophila

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Escherichia coli

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Klebsiella pneumoniae

Human

7

62.5

125

12

62.5

62.5

  Proteus vulgaris

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Human

-

-

-

8

125

125

  Salmonella indica

Food

4

250

250

4

125

125

Yeast

       

  Candida albicans

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Human

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. MIC (minimum inhibition concentration) and MBC (minimum bactericidal concentration) as μg/ml of essential oil or methanol extract; (−) no antimicrobial activity. Values are average of triplicate.
  2. aInhibition zone in diameter (mm) around the discs impregnated with essential oil and methanol extract (100 μg/disc).
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