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. 2020 Nov 9;25(21):5203. doi: 10.3390/molecules25215203

Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils (EOs) extracted from Saudi (SA) and Egyptian (Eg) ecospecies of C. procera at different concentrations.

Strains EO Concentration (µg mL−1) MIC b
(µg mL−1)
Antibiotic
(10 µg mL−1)
2.50 1.25 0.625 0.312 0.156 0.078
Bacterial Gentamycin
S. aureus SA 35.20 ± 0.60 a 34.20 ± 0.95 33.20 ± 1.15 31.80 ± 1.00 30.10 ± 0.50 17.20 ± 0.80 15.75 36.00 ± 1.16
Eg 23.00 ± 1.40 22.10 ± 0.77 20.20 ± 1.35 19.20 ± 1.30 16.00 ± 1.10 14.40 ± 0.80 15.75
S. pyogenes SA 22.00 ± 0.82 21.10 ± 0.85 18.40 ± 0.30 17.98 ± 0.89 16.00 ± 0.16 14.10 ± 1.20 20.58 30.00 ± 0.94
Eg 22.80 ± 1.0 21.10 ± 1.43 19.00 ± 0.82 16.68 ± 0.80 14.90 ± 0.87 12.45 ± 0.90 15.79
S. epidermidis SA 20.00 ± 1.00 31.20 ± 0.90 28.10 ± 0.10 26.00 ± 0.65 24.60 ± 0.50 16.30 ± 0.98 15.75 34.00 ± 0.84
Eg 33.00 ± 1.25 18.00 ± 1.00 17.20 ± 1.00 15.90 ± 1.00 14.68 ± 0.77 10.60 ± 0.35 15.81
S. typhi SA 37.00 ± 0.88 31.80 ± 0.65 29.20 ± 0.30 27.30 ± 0.25 25.70 ± 0.35 15.10 ± 0.73 20.58 37.00 ± 0.88
Eg 32.30 ± 0.7 35.10 ± 0.85 33.78 ± 0.85 32.80 ± 0.70 30.90 ± 1.47 16.20 ± 1.20 15.75
E. coli SA 21.00 ± 1.10 9.10 ± 0.37 7.98 ± 0.10 6.97 ± 0.25 5.60 ± 0.19 6.20 ± 0.33 23.25 21.00 ± 1.10
Eg 10.00 ± 0.52 20.20 ± 1.10 19.95 ± 1.07 17.20 ± 1.10 14.90 ± 0.56 8.50 ± 0.80 15.75
Shigella spp. SA 28.00 ± 1.10 37.00 ± 0.15 35.60 ± 0.40 33.60 ± 0.50 30.80 ± 0.35 17.50 ± 0.40 20.58 28.00 ± 0.60
Eg 39.00 ± 0.7 26.20 ± 1.15 25.90 ± 1.10 25.00 ± 1.10 23.80 ± 0.64 11.00 ± 1.50 15.88
P. aeruginosa SA 31.00 ± 0.90 26.80 ± 0.95 25.20 ± 0.20 23.40 ± 0.25 30.10 ± 0.50 14.35 ± 0.70 31.25 31.00 ± 0.90
Eg 28.00 ± 1.00 29.20 ± 0.90 27.00 ± 0.90 25.90 ± 0.90 23.50 ± 0.92 12.50 ± 1.30 23.25
Fungal Amphotericin
T. shoenlenii SA 31.00 ± 0.90 29.20 ± 0.90 28.10 ± 1.10 25.90 ± 1.10 23.00 ± 1.10 15.00 ± 0.80 21.75 21.00 ± 1.10
Eg 31.30 ± 1.15 30.10 ± 1.10 27.00 ± 0.90 25.90 ± 0.90 23.50 ± 0.96 12.50 ± 1.30 15.75
A. fumigatus SA MI MI MI MI MI 9.00 ± 1.50 21.30 28.00 ± 0.60
Eg MI MI MI MI MI 35.00 ± 1.10 15.79

a Values are the average (n = 3) of the inhibition zone diameter (mm) ± standard deviation, b minimum inhibitory concentrations, MI: maximum inhibition (no growth at all), SA: Saudi, and Eg: Egypt.