Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Review Article

Development of Probiotic Candidate in Combination with Essential Oils from Medicinal Plant and Their Effect on Enteric Pathogens: A Review

Table 2

Test of the beverages made with mixing different concentration of essential oil of Coleus aromaticus, Rama tulasi, and Shyama tulasi against common pathogens for 24 hrs at 37°C (− sign denotes no pathogen; + sign denotes the presence of pathogen).
S.BacteriaGramBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverageBeverage
number+ve/−ve123456789
Citrobacter freundii−ve−−−−−−−−−
Proteus mirabilis−ve+++−−−+−−
Klebsiellal pneumoniae−ve++++++++−
E. coli ATCC 25922−ve+−−++++−−
Entero. faecalis ATCC 29912+ve−−−−−−−−−
Salmo. typhi MTCC 3216−ve−−−−−−++−
Staph. aureus ATCC 25923+ve++−++−+−−
Salmonella typhimurium−ve+−−−−−−−−
Salmonella paratyphi−ve++−+−−++−
Vibrio cholerae−ve−−−−−−−−−
Pseudo. aeru. ATCC 27853−ve−−−−−−−−−
Proteus vulgaris−ve++−−−−+−−
Listeria monocytogenes+ve++−++−+−−
Shigella flexneri−ve−−−+−−++−
Helicobacter pylori−ve−−−−−−−−−
Strptococcus heamophila+ve+−−−−−−−−