Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity of β-caryophyllene.

Bacterial Strains	MTCC	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) in μM
		β-Caryophyllene	Kanamycin
B. cereus	1307	9 ± 1.1	2 ± 0.7
B. subtilis	6910	8 ± 2.1	4 ± 1.8
S. aureus	7405	3 ± 0.4	8 ± 2.3
E. coli	732	9 ± 2.2	7 ± 1.4
K. pneumoniae	7028	14 ± 2.7	2 ± 0.4
P. aeruginosa	4302	7 ± 1.2	9 ± 1.4
A. niger	2196	6 ± 0.8	7 ± 0.4
P. citrinum	7124	7 ± 1.2	9 ± 1.1
R. oryzae	1987	6 ± 0.5	7 ± 0.3
T. reesei	3929	4 ± 0.7	6 ± 1.4