Research Article
Biogenetic Conversion of Wyerone and Dihydrowyerone into Wyerone Epoxide in Vicia faba Cotyledons and Screening of Antibacterial Activity
Table 4
Mean zones of inhibition in (mm),
, for the three phytoalexins and amoxicillin (positive control) tested against different bacterial genera.
| ā | Gram stain | Pathogenicity | Wyerone | Wyerone acid | Wyerone epoxide | Amoxicillin |
| Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 | Positive | Human | 16 | 16 | 15 | 25 | Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14581 | Positive | Saprophyte | 13 | 12 | 12 | 25 | Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pathovar oortii (Corynebacterium oorti) ATCC 25283 | Positive | Plant | 16 | 15 | 16 | 34 | Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 | Negative | Human | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | Micrococcus luteus ATCC 49732 | Positive | Human | 15 | 14 | 15 | 33 | Pseudomonas syringae pathovar phaseolicola (Pseudomonas phaseolicola) ATCC 19304 | Negative | Plant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Rhodococcus fascians ATCC 12974 | Positive | Plant | 16 | 15 | 15 | 33 |
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