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. 2010 Aug 24;15(8):5807–5817. doi: 10.3390/molecules15085807

Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity of P. sepium essential oil and 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzadehyde.

Test microorganism P. sepium oil (μg/mL) 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxy- benzaldehyde (μg/mL) Positive controla (μg/mL)
MBC/MFC MIC IC50 MBC/MFC MIC IC50 IC50
A. tumefaciens 200 125 99.09±0.29b 125 80 63.49±0.41 8.34±0.09
E. coli 200 200 144.84±1.34 200 200 101.88±1.82 10.47±0.31
P. lachrymans 250 200 167.30±0.69 200 200 141.74±0.55 9.01±0.09
S. typhimurium 200 150 105.99±0.93 200 150 95.05±1.20 91.46±0.55
X. vesicatoria 250 200 151.24±1.96 200 150 131.86±1.57 11.62±0.19
B. subtilis 200 200 136.63±1.78 200 150 111.49±0.24 4.98±0.06
S. aureus 150 100 84.12±0.61 150 80 63.29±0.38 78.60±0.61
S. haemolyticus 250 200 134.49±2.04 150 125 78.74±0.68 7.75±0.16
C. albicans 250 150 114.36±2.37 200 150 99.99±1.74 713.13±1.49
M. oryzae 300 300 152.52±2.77 250 250 161.90±1.60 38.44±0.56

a : The positive controls for bacteria, Candida albicans and Magnaporthe oryzae were streptomycin sulfate, amphotericin B and carbendazim, respectively. b : Mean ± standard deviation for triplicate experiments.