Study of the Interference between Plectranthus Species Essential Oils from Brazil and Aminoglycosides

Table 3

MIC values of aminoglycosides in the presence and absence of essential oils.

	Strains		Amikacin (µg/mL)	Kanamycin (µg/mL)	Gentamicin (µg/mL)
P. amboinicus	S. a. 12692	MIC	64	64	128
		EO (16 µg/mL)	32	16	64
	S. a. 12624	MIC	128	64	64
		EO (4 µg/mL)	64	8	16
	B. c. 33018	MIC	128	64	64
		EO (64 µg/mL)	16	32	16
	P. v. 13315	MIC	64	32	128
		EO (8 µg/mL)	16	8	16
	E. c. 25922	MIC	64	128	64
		EO (32 µg/mL)	32	64	32
P. ornatus	S. a. 12692	MIC	64	64	128
		EO (64 µg/mL)	16	8	8
	S. a. 12624	MIC	128	64	64
		EO (64 µg/mL)	64	32	32
	B. c. 33018	MIC	128	64	64
		EO (16 µg/mL)	16	32	64
	P. v. 13315	MIC	64	32	128
		EO (16 µg/mL)	32	16	32
	E. c. 25922	MIC	64	128	64
		EO (32 µg/mL)	64	16	8
P. barbatus	S. a. 12692	MIC	64	64	128
		EO (64 µg/mL)	16	8	8
	S. a. 12624	MIC	128	64	128
		EO (64 µg/mL)	16	32	32
	B. c. 33018	MIC	128	64	64
		EO (16 µg/mL)	64	32	16
	P. v. 13315	MIC	64	32	128
		EO (16 µg/mL)	32	16	32
	E. c. 25922	MIC	64	128	64
		EO (32 µg/mL)	8	32	16

E. c. (Escherichia coli), P. v. (Proteus vulgaris), B. c. (Bacillus cereus), P. a. (Pseudomonas aeruginosa).