New Bioactive Oleanane Type Compounds from Coriandrum sativum Linn.

Table 1

Inhibition zones (mm) of 1–5 isolated from C. sativum against bacteria.

Comp./organism	1	2	3	4	5	Std^*
E. coli	7.1 ± 1.2	22 ± 2	17 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	28 ± 1.2
S. aureus	3.6 ± 1.2	23 ± 2	16 ± 2	8 ± 2	18 ± 2	31 ± 1.2
P. mirabilis	2.4 ± 1.2	22 ± 2	19 ± 2	21 ± 2	10 ± 2	29 ± 1.2
P. aeruginosa	2.2 ± 1.2	29 ± 2	21 ± 2	29 ± 2	19 ± 2	33 ± 1.2
B. cereus	2.2 ± 1.2	23 ± 2	22 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	27 ± 1.2
K. pneumonia	0	0	17 ± 2	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	29 ± 1.2
M. luteus	0	0	8 ± 2	8 ± 2	17 ± 2	37 ± 1.2
E. cloacae	0	0	0	0	0	34 ± 1.2

Imipenem was used as standard.