Toxicological Evaluation of Essential Oils from Some Plants of Rutaceae Family

Table 2

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of different oils against four bacterial isolates (% v/v).

Essential oils	Gram-positive bacteria				Gram-negative bacteria
	S. aureus		S. epidermidis		E. coli		K. pneumoniae
	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
Aegle marmelos	5	10	5	5	5	10	2.5	2.5
Murraya koenigii	2.5	2.5	2.5	5	5	5	2.5	2.5
Citrus reticulata Blanco	5	5	2.5	5	10	20	5	10
Zanthoxylum armatum	0.312	0.63	1.25	2.5	5	5	2.5	2.5
Skimmia laureola	0.625	0.63	1.25	1.25	5	5	5	5
Murraya paniculata	1.25	2.5	1.25	2.5	2.5	2.5	5	5
Boenninghausenia albiflora	2.5	2.5	0.156	0.16	2.5	5	5	5