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Table 6 The effect of pure compounds and seedcake extract on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 cultures

From: Bactericidal activities of GM flax seedcake extract on pathogenic bacteria clinical strains

Compounds

1 mg/ml of each

2 mg/ml

10 mg/ml

p-coumaric acid

43.73% ± 0.2

66.22% ± 0.62

78.31% ± 1.2

Ferulic acid

29.99% ± 0.6

63.56% ± 0,89

78.31% ± 1.2

Caffeic acid

14.74% ± 0.5

17.82% ± 0,78

83.15% ± 1.2

SDG

4.94% ± 0.9

5.32% ± 1.0

7.41% ± 0.6

p-coumaric and ferulic acid

92.59% ± 2.3

100% ± 0.91

100% ± 0.0

p-coumaric, ferulic and caffeic acids

100% ± 0.6

100% ± 0.0

100% ± 0.0

SDG and ferulic acid.

30.35% ± 1.3

63.99% ± 0.92

82.51% ± 1.6

SDG, p-coumaric , ferulic and caffeic acids

100% ± 0.0

100% ± 0.0

100% ± 0.0

Seedcake extract

83.24% ± 1.8#

100% ± 0.2##

 
  1. The presented results are the inhibition rate compared to the control (% of growth inhibition). The results are the mean values ± SD (n = 5).
  2. #30 mg/ml of extract contains 0.86 mg, 1.45 mg and 1.14 mg of p-coumaric, ferulic and caffeic acids, respectively, and 5.5 mg SDG, which is equal to 10 mg of dry extract, ##50 mg/ml of extract.