Table 1 Antibacterial activity of thymoquinone against Human pathogenics strains
Strains | Antimicrobial susceptibility | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentamycin (µg/ml) | Erythromycin (µg/ml) | Thymoquinone (µg/ml) | ||||
aMIC | bMBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | |
Gram negative bacilli | ||||||
Escherichi coli ATCC 35218 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | >512 | >512 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 | 2 | 4 | 256 | >256 | >512 | >512 |
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 14028 | 2 | 8 | >256 | >256 | >512 | >512 |
Vibrio alginolyticus ATCC 33787 | 32 | 64 | >256 | >256 | 256 | >512 |
Vibrio paraheamolyticus ATCC 17802 | 8 | 16 | 128 | 256 | 32 | 64 |
Gram positive bacilli | ||||||
Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Listeria monocytogene ATCC 19115 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
Gram positive cocci | ||||||
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 | 32 | 64 | 256 | >256 | 32 | 64 |
Micrococcus luteus NCIMB 8166 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 64 |
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 16 |
Staphylococcus epidermidis CIP 106510 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 8 |