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Table 5 Antimicrobial activities of O. basilicum and T. algeriensis ethanolic extracts and essential oils against eight pathogenic microorganisms expressed as MIC (μg/mL) values

From: Chemical composition and bioactivity of essential oils and Ethanolic extracts of Ocimum basilicum L. and Thymus algeriensis Boiss. & Reut. from the Algerian Saharan Atlas

Extract

S. epidermidis

S. aureus

B. subtilis

E. coli

K. pneumoniae

p. aeruginosa

C. albicans

C. glabrata

O.basilicum

EE

128

128

64

128

256

256

64

128

T.algeriensis

EE

128

64

64

256

256

512

128

128

O.basilicum

EO

32

32

16

64

128

256

32

32

T.algeriensis

EO

32

32

32

64

256

512

64

32

Ampicillin

2

2

4

16

64

128

Amphotericin B

2

2