Antimicrobial Efficiency of Essential Oils from Traditional Medicinal Plants of Asir Region, Saudi Arabia, over Drug Resistant Isolates

Table 3

The antimicrobial activities of tested essential oils (Mentha cervina, Ocimum basilicum, and Origanum vulgare) expressed by the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC in mg/ml) and minimal bactericidal and fungicidal concentrations (MBC in mg/ml and MFC in mg/ml) against tested microorganisms.

Tested microorganisms	Mentha cervina		Ocimum basilicum		Origanum vulgare
	(MIC)	MBC/MFC	(MIC)	MBC/MFC	(MIC)	MBC/MFC
	mg/ml	mg/ml	mg/ml	mg/ml	mg/ml	mg/ml
S. aureus	0.05	0.1	1.6	3.2	0.025	0.05
S. pyogenes	1.6	3.2	0.05	0.1	0.025	0.05
E. coli	6.25	12.5	12.5	25	1.6	3.2
S. typhimurium	0.2	0.4	1.6	3.2	0.2	0.4
C. albicans	0.4	0.8	25	50	25	50