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| Carrier oil | Fatty acid composition | Antimicrobial activity (mg/mL) | Cytotoxicity
( mortality) |
| P. acnes ATCC 11827 | S. epi
ATCC 2223 | S. aureus ATCC 25924 | MRSA ATCC 43300 | GMRSA ATCC 33592 | E. coli
ATCC 8739 | P. aerug
ATCC 27858 | B. agri
ATCC 51663 | B. epi
DSM 20660 | B. lin
DSM 20425 | C. alb
ATCC 10231 | 24 hrs | 48 hrs |
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| Aloe vera (aloe vera) | linoleic acid methyl ester (59.8%) | 16.00 | 16.00 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 27.08 |
| | oleic acid, methyl ester (23.0%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (8.9%) |
| | stearic acid methyl ester (4.2%) |
| | linolenic acid methyl ester (3.7%) |
| | Vitamin E - 14 IU 46% |
| Calendula officinalis (calendula) | linoleic acid methyl ester (66.8%) | 3.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 5.60 | 7.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 28.35 |
| | oleic acid, methyl ester (24.6%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (14.9%) |
| | linolenic acid methyl ester (1.0%) |
| Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) | linoleic acid methyl ester (69.9%) | 2.50 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.63 | 39.33 |
| | oleic acid, methyl ester (19.0%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | stearic acid methyl ester (5.0%) |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (5.8%) |
| | linolenic acid methyl ester (0.1%) |
| Persea americana (avacado) | oleic acid, methyl ester (69.5%) | 8.00 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 5.20 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.75 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 25.75 |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (14.9%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | linoleic acid methyl ester (9.2%) |
| | palmitoleic acid methyl ester (5.5%) |
| | linolenic acid methyl ester (0.6%) |
| Prunus armeniaca (apricot kernel) | oleic acid, methyl ester (60.7%) | 8.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 4.00
| 2.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 4.35 | 10.38 |
| | linoleic acid methyl ester (27.0%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (5.7%) |
| | palmitoleic acid methyl ester (4.7%) |
| | stearic acid methyl ester (0.9%) |
| | Vitamin E 13.2 mg/100g |
| Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) | 11-eicosenoic acid, methyl ester (55.6%) | 1.50 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 3.04 | 24.12 |
| | palmitic acid methyl ester (15.9%) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Antimicrobial controls | ciprofloxacin µg/mL | 0.78 x 1 | 0.25 x 1 | 0.5 x 1 | 0.78 x 1 | 0.31 x 1 | 0.08 x 1 | 0.31 x 1 | 0.16 x 1 | 0.26 x 1 | 0.63 x 1 | n.a | | |
| | amphotericin µg/mL | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | 6.25 x 1 | | |
| DMSO | mg/mL | | | | | | | | | | | | 5.26 | 19.34 |
| Sea water | mg/mL | | | | | | | | | | | | 10.75 | 32.72 |
| Potassium dichromate | mg/mL | | | | | | | | | | | | 99.44 | 100.00 |
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