Table 3.
Inhibition halos measured for D.E. and L.E. and for the commercial flaxseeds dry extract and oil.
| Strains | D.E. 100 mg/mL (mm) |
D.E. 150 mg/mL (mm) |
Marketed D.E. 100 mg/mL (mm) |
Marketed D.E. 150 mg/mL (mm) |
L.E. (mm) | Marketed Flaxseed Oil (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram + | ||||||
| S. epidermidis | - | - | - | 16 | - | - |
| E. faecalis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B. subtilis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S. aureus | - | 18 | - | 15 | - | - |
| S. pyogenes | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | - |
| Gram − | ||||||
| P. aeruginosa | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K. pneumoniae | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P. mirabilis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E. coli | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yeast | ||||||
| C. albicans | - | - | - | - | - | - |
-: no halo observed.