Table 4.

Antimicrobial studies performed with curcumin/curcuminoid in emulsions.

Type of Emulsion	[CUR] Formulation	Microorganism	Type of Culture	Antimicrobial Method	Antimicrobial Concentration	Light/Ultrasonic Parameters	Reference
THC ME	5%	HIV-1	Cell infection	IC50	0.9357 μM	-	[116]
CUR-NE	N/R	HPV	-	aPDT	80 µM	50 J/cm2	[117]
CUR-NE	N/R	DENV-1 to 4	Cell infection	Cell viability	1, 5, 10 µg/mL	-	[118]
P60-CUR	4 mg/L	E. coli	Planktonic	OD 595 nm	N/R	-	[119]
PE:CUR	0.566 mg/mL	S. aureus, S. epidermidis, S. faecalis, C. albicans, E. coli	Planktonic	Inhibition zone	1 mg/mL *	-	[120]
cu-SEDDS	1%	S. aureus, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumonia	Planktonic	MIC	45–62 µg/mL	-	[121]
CUR:NE in microbeads	0.5 mg/mL	E. coli, S. typhmerium, Y. enterocolitica, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, B. cereus, L. monocytogenes	Planktonic	Inhibition zone	90 and 180 mg/mL *	-	[122]
Lignin sulfomethylated	0.3 mg/mL	S. aureus	Planktonic	OD 600 nm	2.4 mg/mL *	-	[123]
C14-EDA/GM/W C14-MEDA/GM/W	N/R	C. albicans	Planktonic, biofilm	Microdilution assay, antibiofilm	100 µg/mL, 20 µg	-	[124]

[CUR]: CUR concentration. -: not performed. N/R: not reported. *: formulation concentration.