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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity in μg mL-1 of compounds from O. europaea

From: Compounds from Olea europaea and Pistacia lentiscus inhibit oral microbial growth

O. europaea

Sample (% dilution in DMSO)

oleuropein (1.8%)

hydroxytyrosol

(1.25%)

oleocanthal

(2.1%)

oleacein (1.1%)

maslinic acid

(6.6%)

DMSO in %

c / μg mL−1

MICa

MBCb

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

Streptococcus mutans DSM 20523

625

625

312

312

1250

1250

1250

1250

19.5

156

6.00

25.00

Streptococcus sobrinus DSM 20381

625

1250

625

1250

312

1250

1250

1250

19.5

19.5

10.00

15.00

Streptococcus oralis ATCC 35037

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

19.5

19.5

10.00

10.00

Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212

1250

1250

1250

2500

1250

1250

1250

1250

39

312

15.00

25.00

Candida albicans DSM 1386

1250

1250

1250

2500

625

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

8.00

8.00

Escherichia coli ATCC 25922

1250

1250

1250

2500

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

1250

10.00

10.00

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923

625

625

312

312

1250

1250

625

625

78

625

10.00

25.00

Porphyromonas gingivalis W381

625

625

156

312

156

312

312

625

4.9

9.8

12.5

12.5

Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611

NA

NA

312(5d)

NA

NA

NA

625 (5d) NA

 

NA

NA

3.12 (5d)

3.12

Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 25586

625

312

312

312

312

312

156

156

312

25

6.25

6.25

Parvimonas micra ATCC 23195

1250

1250

1250

1250

312

312

1250

1250

9.8

9.8

6.25 (5d)

12.5

  1. NA No activity observed: MIC or MBC were measured at 2500 μg mL−1, 5d = values yielded after 5 days of incubation, aMIC = extract concentration at which the optical density (OD) measurement revealed minimal bacterial growth, bMBC = extract concentration at which a three log reduction (99.9%) of the bacterial growth was induced