Table 4.

MICs (μL/mL) of Artemisia argyi essential oils against various microorganisms.

Microorganisms	Extraction Method
	Hydrodistillation	Subcritical Extraction	SDE
Staphylococcus aureus	6.25 c ± 0.38	12.5 b ± 0.37	12.5 a ± 0.37
Bacillus subtilis	6.25 c ± 0.52	3.13 d ± 0.45	12.5 a ± 0.42
Listeria monocytogenes	6.25 c ± 0.37	25 a ± 0.41	6.25 b ± 0.53
Escherichia coli	12.5 b ± 0.39	12.5 b ± 0.48	6.25 b ± 0.51
Proteus vulgaris	25 a ± 0.43	12.5 b ± 0.37	6.25 b ± 0.41
Salmonella enteritidis	12.5 b ± 0.42	25 a ± 0.34	6.25 b ± 0.52
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	6.25 c ± 0.45	6.25 c ± 0.4	12.5 a ± 0.37
Aspergillus niger	12.5 b ± 0.66	12.5 b ± 0.51	6.25 b ± 0.36

Data are average of a duplicate (mean ± SD). ^a,b,c: Values with different superscripts are significantly different in line (p < 0.5).