Kainari, a Unique Greek Traditional Herbal Tea, from the Island of Lesvos: Chemical Analysis and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties

Table 4

Antimicrobial activity of herbal teas and methanol extracts.

Samples

S. aureus

S. epidermidis

P. aeruginosa

E. cloacae

K. pneumoniae

E. coli

S. mutans

S. viridans

C. albicans

C. tropicalis

C. glabrata

Kainari

KN1 aq

16/0.09

17/0.04

14/0.13

14/0.15

13/0.10

15/0.17

13/0.30

14/0.39

12/0.40

13/0.39

13/0.40

KN1 meth

11/0.70

11/0.73

10/0.90

10/0.93

10/0.89

10/0.95

nt

nt

11/0.42

13/0.33

12/0.31

KN2 aq

17/0.04

17/0.05

15/0.10

15/0.13

15/0.09

15/0.12

15/0.15

16/0.16

12/0.43

13/0.40

13/0.42

KN2 meth

10/0.72

11/0.68

10/0.86

10/0.87

10/0.92

09/0.98

nt

nt

10/0.53

11/0.44

12/0.42

KN3 aq

18/0.02

19/0.01

16/0.06

16/0.05

16/0.05

15/0.08

17/0.07

18/0.03

13/0.39

13/0.31

13/0.29

KN3 meth

10/0.72

11/0.68

10/0.86

10/0.87

10/0.92

09/0.98

nt

nt

12/0.38

13/0.33

13/0.34

5-Fluorocytosine

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

Amphotericin

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

Amoxicillin

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

Netilmicin

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt

Clavulanic acid

nt

nt

nt

nt

nt