Research Article
Antioxidant and Antibacterial Effects of Pollen Extracts on Human Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria
Table 4
Minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of pollen extracts.
| | Pollen samples | Bacterial strains | | Acinetobacter baumannii | Enterobacter cloacae | Escherichia coli | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Centaurium erythraea | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | No effect | 2.5 (2.5) | No effect | No effect | No effect | No effect | | MBC/MIC | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | | Effect type | — | Bactericidal | — | — | — | — |
| | Citrus aurantium | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | No effect | No effect | No effect | No effect | No effect | No effect | | MBC/MIC | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Effect type | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| | Coriandrum sativum | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | 2.5 (2.5) | 2.5 (>2.5) | No effect | 2.5 (>2.5) | No effect | 2.5 (2.5) | | MBC/MIC | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | | Effect type | Bactericidal | — | — | — | — | Bactericidal |
| | Punica granatum | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | 0.31 (0.31) | 2.5 (2.5) | 2.5 (2.5) | 2.5 (>2.5) | 2.5 (2.5) | 0.62 (0.62) | | MBC/MIC | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | | Effect type | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | — | Bactericidal | Bactericidal |
| | Quercus ilex | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | 0.31 (0.31) | 1.25 (1.25) | 1.25 (2.5) | 2.5 (2.5) | 2.5 (2.5) | 0.62 (0.62) | | MBC/MIC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Effect type | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | Bactericidal | Bactericidal |
| | Ruta graveolens | MIC (MCB) (mg/ml) | 1.25 (1.25) | No effect | 2.5 (2.5) | No effect | No effect | 1.25 (1.25) | | MBC/MIC | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | | Effect type | Bactericidal | — | Bactericidal | — | — | Bactericidal |
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