Table 1 The antimicrobial activity of green tea (Camellia sinensis) against various pathogenic bacteria (Farooqui et al., 2015)

Strains	Green tea (Camellia sinensis)
	MethanolicMIC (μg/mL)	AqueousMIC (μg/mL)
Acinetobacter buamanni	>5,000	>5,000
Bacillus subtillis	780	780
Campylobacter jejuni	>5,000	>5,000
Citrobacter freuendii	5,000	3,120
Enterobacter cloacae	5,000	3,120
Eschierichia colid	5,000	3,120
Helicobacter pylori	2,500	>5,000
Klebseilla pneumoniae	5,000	3,120
Micrococcus	390	780
Salmonella enteric serovar. Typhi	2,500	3,120
Salmonella Paratyphi A	1,250	1,560
Shigella flexneri	2,500	>5,000
Shigella species	ND	3,120
Staphylococcus aureus	390	780
Streptococcus pneumoniae	780	1,560
Streptococcus pyogenes	ND	780