Table 4.
Differences between the average MICs/MBCs of micellar and aqueous extracts of the tested essential oils. The significant results are highlighted. Thyme, lemon and oregano oils present significantly lower overall MICs and MBCs in their micellar form than their aqueous extracts.
| MIC | MBC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiEO | AqEO | p-Value | MiEO | AqEO | p-Value | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Frankincense | 75% | 27.4% | 100% | 0% | 0.076 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | N/A |
| Myrtle | 67.7% | 38.8% | 100% | 0% | 0.097 | 91.7% | 20.4% | 100% | 0% | 0.363 |
| Thyme | 11.2% | 19.1% | 29.2% | 35.1% | 0.045 | 14.6% | 17.9% | 39.6% | 34.8% | 0.034 |
| Lemon | 9.4% | 3.4% | 50% | 27.4% | 0.013 | 21.9% | 15.7% | 87.5% | 30.6% | 0.003 |
| Oregano | 1.3% | 2.4% | 13.5% | 6.1% | 0.006 | 1.7% | 2.3% | 34.4% | 18.4% | 0.006 |
| Lavender | 21.9% | 38.4% | 18.8% | 16.8% | 0.879 | 69.8% | 46.8% | 71.9% | 44% | 0.576 |