Effects of Fruit Maturity Stages on GC-FID Fatty Acid Profiles, Phenolic Contents, and Biological Activities of Eucalyptus marginata L.

Table 4

MIC and MBC of oil extracts of Eucalyptus marginata fruits at immature and mature stages against the clinically tested microbial strains.

Clinical pathogens	Oil of immature fruits		Oil of mature fruits
	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
Serratia marcescens	0.15 ± 0.00	0.075 ± 0.00	0.15 ± 0.02	0.075 ± 0.00
Escherichia coli	0.37 ± 0.47	0.18 ± 0.00	1.25 ± 0.10	0.62 ± 0.68
Staphylococcus aureus	0.56 ± 0.35	0.56 ± 0.14	0.56 ± 0.0	0.56 ± 0.00
Enterococcus faecalis	1.25 ± 0.14	0.62 ± 0.00	1.25 ± 0.47	0.62 ± 0.00
Candida parapsilosis	ND	ND	9.00 ± 0.00	6.00 ± 0.00

Values are expressed in mg/mL. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of 3 determinations. ND: not detected.