Table 2.

Comparison of antibacterial and antifungal activity of the monosaccharide monomyristate derivatives with previous reports.

Compounds in 0.5% wt/v Concentration	Inhibition Zone (mm)
	Gram-Positive		Gram-Negative		Fungi
	S. aureus	B. subtilis		E. coli	C. albicans
Fructosyl monomyristate	3.9	4.1		-	7.3
Glucosyl monomyristate	4.2	3.1		2.1	7.3
Galactosyl monomyristate	6.0	1.3		-	4.8
Fructose monocapratea [26]	15.2	16.5		7.1	*
Glucose monocapratea [26]	12.9	16.2		6.6	*
Fructosyl monolaurate [25]	2.3	5.1		-	6.8
Glucosyl monolaurate [25]	-	1.1		-	4.8
Galactosyl monolaurate [25]	4.0	2.0		-	6.0
1-Myristoyl-sn-glycerol [24]	10.3	2.4		1.5	-
2-Myristoyl-sn-glycerol [24]	20.0	*		29.5	-
1-Palmitoyl-sn-glycerol [24]	-	*		-	-
Sucrose myristate [25]	10.0	*		-	-
Glucose monocapratea [26]	12.9	16.2		6.6	*

^a Concentration of the sample is 2.25 μmol/disc. *No data available.