Table 6 Inhibition halos (mm) obtained treating different microorganisms with essential oil of Rosa × damascena collected from five regions and commercial antibiotics used as references
Microbial strains | Diameter of inhibition halo (mm) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rose oils | Antibiotics | |||||||
Maragh | Qamsar | Sedeh | Javinan | Kamoo | Rifampin | Gentamicin | Nystatin | |
S. aureus | ND | 10.67 ± 0.58e | ND | 14.67 ± 0.58b | 15.67 ± 0.58a | 21 | 27 | NA |
S. epidermidis | ND | 9.00 ± 0.00 a | ND | ND | ND | 27 | 45 | NA |
B. subtilis | ND | ND | ND | ND | 10.67 ± 0. 58 a | 19 | 30 | NA |
Sh. dysenteriae | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 9 | 17 | NA |
P. aeruginosa | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 20 | NA |
E. coli | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 10 | 23 | NA |
K. pneumoniae | ND | ND | ND | 9.33 ± 0.58b | 10.67 ± 0. 58a | 8 | 17 | NA |
S. pyogenes | ND | 9.00 ± 0.00b | ND | 12.00 ± 0.00a | 12.33 ± 0. 58a | 21 | 32 | NA |
S. paratyphi-A | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 8 | 18 | NA |
C. albicans | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | NA | NA | 33 |
A. brasiliensis | 12.00 ± 0.00d | 16.00 ± 0.00b | 13.67 ± 0.58c | 14.33 ± 0.58c | 17.33 ± 0.58a | NA | NA | 30 |