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. 2013 Jun 10;13:129. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-129

Table 2.

Agar well diffusion assay for antibacterial activities of Malaysian honey against tested bacteria

Honey samples
 Antibacterial activity, Equivalent Phenol Concentration (EPC)
S. aureus
 E. coli
 P. aeruginosa
 B. cereus
  Total Non-peroxide Total Non-peroxide Total Non-peroxide Total Non-peroxide
Acacia
 14.56
 13.99
 7.85
 7.59
 8.00
 785
 16.12
 11.52
Gelam
 18.35
 18.25
 16.28
 16.17
 14.51
 14.20
 23.04
 22.31
Kelulut
 26.49
 25.74
 10.56
 9.67
 13.16
 12.48
 21.01
 19.55
Pineapple
 19.76
 19.71
 9.57
 9.20
 12.48
 12.01
 13.21
 13.94
Tualang
 16.94
 16.08
 14.13
 13.12
 16.80
 16.22
 27.61
 27.35
Manuka (Comvita +18) 20.38 19.81 14.80 14.04 16.80 16.17 25.84 26.88

Equivalent phenol concentration (EPC) was calculated in undiluted honey. Square of mean diameter of clear zone were multiplied by dilution factor and density of Malaysian honey, 1.3 w/v to obtain 100% honey concentration. n = 4 [4,15].