Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Properties of the Essential Oil of Myrtus communis L. against Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium spp.

Table 2

Activity of Myrtus communis and single compound against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.

Strains	MIC	MIC % (v/v)
M. tuberculosis	Myrtus communis % (v/v)	Extracts of Myrtus communis oil
		Limonene	1-8 Cineole	𝛼 Pinene
H37Rv	0.17%	0.17%	2	1
H37Ra	0.17%	—	—	—
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	2	1
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	>16	8
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	2	1
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	2	16
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	>16	8
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	>16	2
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	2	>16	8
M. tuberculosis	0.17%	—	—	—
M. paratuberculosis (1515)	>2%	—	—	—
M. paratuberculosis (1517)	>2%	—	—	—