Research Article
Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.
Table 2
Activity of Myrtus communis and single compound against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.
| Strains | MIC | MIC % (v/v) | M. tuberculosis | Myrtus communis % (v/v) | Extracts of Myrtus communis oil | Limonene | 1-8 Cineole | Pinene |
| H37Rv | 0.17% | 0.17% | 2 | 1 | H37Ra | 0.17% | — | — | — | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 2 | 1 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 16 | 8 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 2 | 1 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 2 | 16 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 16 | 8 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 16 | 2 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | 2 | 16 | 8 | M. tuberculosis | 0.17% | — | — | — | M. paratuberculosis (1515) | 2% | — | — | — | M. paratuberculosis (1517) | 2% | — | — | — |
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