Table 2.
Treatmenta | Phytochemical | Nanocomposites (NCs) | ||||
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CD2 | CD1006 | CD1412 | CD2 | CD1006 | CD1412 | |
E. coli | P. aeruginosa | E. cloacae complex | E. coli | P. aeruginosa E. | cloacae complex | |
Eugenol | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Linalool | >32 | >32 | >32 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Methyl eugenol | >32 | >32 | >32 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Carvacrol | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
p-cymene | >32 | >32 | >32 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
(+)-limonene | 32 | 32 | >32 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
α-pinene | >32 | >32 | >32 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Colistin | 1 mg/L | 1 mg/L | 1 mg/L | -- | -- | -- |
Bacteria were treated with phytochemical dissolved in 5 v/v% DMSO aqueous solution or NCs. Colistin was used as control. MIC experiments were performed in M9 minimal medium.